Efficiency of healthcare systems in the first wave of COVID-19 - a technical efficiency analysis

dc.contributor.authorBreitenbach, Marthinus Christoffel
dc.contributor.authorNgobeni, Victor
dc.contributor.authorAye, Goodness Chioma
dc.contributor.emailmartin.breitenbach@up.ac.zaen_US
dc.date.accessioned2022-08-22T12:58:03Z
dc.date.available2022-08-22T12:58:03Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.description.abstractIn this novel paper, we make use of a non-parametric method known as Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) to analyse the 31 most infected countries during the first 100 days since the outbreak of the COVID-19 coronavirus for the efficiency in containing the spread of the virus – a question yet to be answered in the literature. Our model showed 12 of the 31 countries in our sample were efficient and 19 inefficient in the use of resources to manage the flattening of their COVID-19 contagion curves. Among the worst performers were some of the richest countries in the world, Germany, Canada, the USA and Austria, with efficiency between 50 and 60 per cent - more inefficient than Italy, France and Belgium, who were some of those hardest hit by the spread of the virus.en_US
dc.description.departmentEconomicsen_US
dc.description.librarianam2022en_US
dc.description.urihttps://www.iki.bas.bg/en/economic-studies-journal-0en_US
dc.identifier.citationBreitenbach, M.C., Ngobeni, V., Aye, G.C. 2021, 'Efficiency of healthcare systems in the first wave of COVID-19 - a technical efficiency analysis', Ikonomicheski Izsledvania, vol. 30, no. 6, pp. 1-25.en_US
dc.identifier.issn0205-3292
dc.identifier.urihttps://repository.up.ac.za/handle/2263/86912
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherBulgarian Academy of Sciencesen_US
dc.rightsThis article is published Open Access.en_US
dc.subjectPandemicen_US
dc.subjectFlattening the curveen_US
dc.subjectData envelopment analysisen_US
dc.subjectNon- pharmaceutical interventionsen_US
dc.subjectHealthcareen_US
dc.subjectTechnical efficiencyen_US
dc.subjectHealthcare system efficiency barometeren_US
dc.subjectCOVID-19 pandemicen_US
dc.subjectCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)en_US
dc.titleEfficiency of healthcare systems in the first wave of COVID-19 - a technical efficiency analysisen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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