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Table 4 Mean technical efficiency scores 2003–2014

From: Productivity change of national health systems in the WHO Eastern Mediterranean region: application of DEA-based Malmquist productivity index

Country

Mean CRS TE

Mean VRS TE

Mean Scale efficiency

Afghanistan

0.806

0.881

0.915

Bahrain

0.127

1.000

0.127

Djibouti

0.558

0.767

0.728

Egypt, Arab Republic

0.337

0.919

0.367

Iran

0.179

0.960

0.186

Iraq

0.677

0.956

0.708

Jordan

0.215

0.965

0.223

Kuwait

0.091

0.979

0.093

Lebanon

0.180

0.994

0.181

Libya

0.232

0.956

0.243

Morocco

0.487

0.965

0.505

Oman

0.169

0.998

0.169

Pakistan

0.930

0.967

0.962

Qatar

0.067

1.000

0.067

Saudi Arabia

0.113

0.954

0.119

Sudan

0.567

0.806

0.704

Syrian Arab Republic

0.889

1.000

0.889

Tunisia

0.301

1.000

0.301

United Arab Emirates

0.090

0.999

0.090

Yemen, Republic

0.641

0.841

0.762

Overall mean

0.383

0.945

0.405

  1. CRS constant returns to scale, TE technical efficiency, VRS variable returns to scale