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The increased health expenditure is a major place in the country’s economies and health systems. Because health expenditure is an important determiner of health outcomes, countries wish to significant health outcomes by efficiently using their health outcomes and to improvements in their citizens’ health status. In this context, achieving effective health spending is shown as one of the main objectives of all countries. In this study, BRICS-MT Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa, Mexico and Turkey’s health expenditure efficiency was revealed by covering the years 2000-2015, with the help of three input and two output variables and using the Malmquist Total Factor Efficiency Index MTFP. The MTPF index is used by the CRS-Constant Return to Scale model according to the input oriented scale. According to the study, 2 countries in the period 2000-2005, 3 countries in the period 2005-2010 and 4 countries in the period 2010-2015 were ineffective.

Özet:

Increasing health expenditures constitute an important part of national economies and health systems. As health expenditures are an important determinant of health outcomes, countries want to achieve significant health outcomes and improve their citizens’ health statuses by using health expenditures efficiently. In this context, achieving efficiency in health expenditures is among the main objectives of all countries. In this study, the efficiencyof the health expenditures of BRICS-MT Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa, Mexico and Turkey countries in the 2000-2015 period was found out via Malmquist Total Factor Productivity Analysis MTFP with three inputs and two output variables. Input oriented constant return to scale model was adopted in the MTFP Index. According to the results, two countries were inefficient in the 2000-2005 period; three countries were inefficient in the 2005-2010 period; and four countries were inefficient in the 2010-2015 period.

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