Benchmarking Health Systems in Middle East and North Africa Countries

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dc.creatorWang, Huihui
dc.creatorYazbeck, Abdo S.
dc.date2017-03-08T22:17:42Z
dc.date2017-03-08T22:17:42Z
dc.date2017-01-31
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-01T00:45:21Z
dc.descriptionHealth 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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dc.identifierHealth Systems & Reform
dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/26251
dc.identifier10.1596/26251
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/410478
dc.languageen_US
dc.publisherTaylor and Francis
dc.rightsCC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO
dc.rightshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo
dc.rightsWorld Bank
dc.subjectbenchmarking
dc.subjecthealth systems reform
dc.subjecthealth systems performance
dc.subjecthealth outcomes
dc.subjectfinancial protection
dc.titleBenchmarking Health Systems in Middle East and North Africa Countries
dc.typeJournal Article
dc.typeArticle de journal
dc.typeArtículo de revista

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