Benchmarking Health Systems in Middle East and North Africa Countries

Health systems are not easy to benchmark, in part because the health sector produces more than one outcome. This article offers two ways of benchmarking the health systems of countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) focusing on two different outcomes, health status and financial protecti...

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Main Authors:	Wang, Huihui, Yazbeck, Abdo S.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	en_US
Published:	Taylor and Francis 2017
Subjects:	benchmarking health systems reform health systems performance health outcomes financial protection
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/26251

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spelling	okr-10986-262512021-05-25T10:54:43Z Benchmarking Health Systems in Middle East and North Africa Countries Wang, Huihui Yazbeck, Abdo S. benchmarking health systems reform health systems performance health outcomes financial protection Health systems are not easy to benchmark, in part because the health sector produces more than one outcome. This article offers two ways of benchmarking the health systems of countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) focusing on two different outcomes, health status and financial protection. The first approach is by measuring the gap between predicted health outcomes based on country socioeconomic status and actual health outcomes. The second approach is by simply comparing the levels of out-of-pocket (OOP) spending in MENA countries. The article offers some interesting findings about the large heterogeneity in both health system outcome achievements despite considerable cultural and linguistic similarities in the region. Moreover, three discrete clusters of countries are found on the health status measure. The findings also give specific health system target outcomes for MENA countries to focus their reform efforts. 2017-03-08T22:17:42Z 2017-03-08T22:17:42Z 2017-01-31 Journal Article Health Systems & Reform http://hdl.handle.net/10986/26251 en_US CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank Taylor and Francis Publications & Research :: Journal Article Publications & Research Middle East and North Africa Middle East North Africa
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description	Health systems are not easy to benchmark, in part because the health sector produces more than one outcome. This article offers two ways of benchmarking the health systems of countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) focusing on two different outcomes, health status and financial protection. The first approach is by measuring the gap between predicted health outcomes based on country socioeconomic status and actual health outcomes. The second approach is by simply comparing the levels of out-of-pocket (OOP) spending in MENA countries. The article offers some interesting findings about the large heterogeneity in both health system outcome achievements despite considerable cultural and linguistic similarities in the region. Moreover, three discrete clusters of countries are found on the health status measure. The findings also give specific health system target outcomes for MENA countries to focus their reform efforts.
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title	Benchmarking Health Systems in Middle East and North Africa Countries
title_short	Benchmarking Health Systems in Middle East and North Africa Countries
title_full	Benchmarking Health Systems in Middle East and North Africa Countries
title_fullStr	Benchmarking Health Systems in Middle East and North Africa Countries
title_full_unstemmed	Benchmarking Health Systems in Middle East and North Africa Countries
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Benchmarking Health Systems in Middle East and North Africa Countries

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