Is the quest for efficiency harmful to health equity? An examination of the health efficiency-equity nexus in OECD countries over the past two decades

Has the quest for efficiency in OECD health systems impacted the social gradient of health? We examined the cross-dynamics of the health system equity-efficiency nexus among OECD countries in the past two decades. We used a three-step methodology based on annual macro-level data from 36 OECD countri...

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Published in:	Social science & medicine (1982) Vol. 383; p. 118379
Main Authors:	Bousmah, Marwân-al-Qays, Abu-Zaineh, Mohammad, Combes, Simon, Ventelou, Bruno
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	England Elsevier Ltd 01.10.2025
Subjects:	Efficiency, Organizational - standards Equity-efficiency tradeoff Granger causality Health Equity - standards Health Equity - statistics & numerical data Health Equity - trends Health system Humans Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development - organization & administration Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development - statistics & numerical data Reverse causality Socioeconomic Factors Stochastic frontier analysis Health system Reverse causality Equity-efficiency tradeoff Stochastic frontier analysis Granger causality
ISSN:	0277-9536, 1873-5347, 1873-5347
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