A0255
Title: Comparative analysis of the efficiency of health systems in OECD countries (2000-2020)
Authors: Odra Angelica Saucedo Delgado - Universidad Anahuac Mexico (Mexico)
Juan Sebastian Valades-Garcia - Universidad Anahuac Mexico (Mexico)
Maria Rosa Nieto Delfin - Investigaciones y Estudios Superiores, S.C (Mexico) [presenting]
Abstract: The purpose is to examine the efficiency of health systems in OECD member countries, focusing on the Mexican health system from 2000 to 2020 and a forecast of its evolution until 2024. The objective is to contribute to the debate on more inclusive and efficient right-to-health policies and to inform the formulation of more effective initiatives in Mexico and other OECD countries. In a context where 36.6\% of the population in Mexico lacked access to health services in 2020 and has the lowest investment in health relative to GDP in the OECD, it is understood how different health systems influence the optimization of resources and the quality of care. Dualistic, universal, and residual health systems are compared and forecasted using the dynamic data envelopment analysis (DEA) technique to assess how the distribution of resources affects the efficiency of health systems in OECD countries and to explore practices that could improve equity and efficiency in the provision of health services. The results indicate that the health system in Mexico is less efficient than that of other countries with dualistic health systems. Conversely, the empirical evidence indicates that the universal health system is the most efficient among OECD countries.
