Benchmarking healthcare systems of OECD countries: A DEA – based Malmquist Productivity Index Approach

Along with technological innovations and developments experienced in the second half of twentieth century, very important changes have occurred healthcare. Many different, complex economically expensive services are being tried to be carried out together. For this reason, it is finally crucial that health delivered by providers scarce resources effectively efficiently people without sacrificing quality. Today, most problem production healthcare resource shortage as other sectors. Efficiency, quality competition criteria delivery services. Reducing costs one main policies for many world countries. These made necessary international competitiveness, product service sectors continually improve their performance. In study, efficiency evaluation care OECD were examined using Data Envelopment Analysis Malmquist Total Factor Productivity. Considering input values countries, results input-oriented model productivity index analyzed fixed return assumption according scale.