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

Table 5 Malmquist Index summary of country means, 2003–2014

Country	TEFFCH	TECHCH	PECH	SECH	MTFPCH
Afghanistan	1.019	0.943	1.01	1.009	0.96
Bahrain	1.064	0.903	1	1.064	0.961
Djibouti	0.995	0.927	1.008	0.987	0.923
Egypt	1.074	0.898	1.006	1.068	0.965
Iran	1.047	0.903	1.005	1.041	0.945
Iraq	0.907	0.904	0.987	0.919	0.82
Jordan	1.094	0.902	1.001	1.093	0.987
Kuwait	1.108	0.903	0.999	1.108	1
Lebanon	1.108	0.903	1.001	1.107	1
Libya	1.125	0.902	1.004	1.121	1.015
Morocco	1.047	0.906	1.006	1.041	0.949
Oman	1.084	0.904	1	1.084	0.98
Pakistan	1.03	0.945	1.009	1.021	0.973
Qatar	1.136	0.904	1	1.136	1.027
Saudi Arabia	1.041	0.903	0.998	1.044	0.94
Sudan	1.007	0.917	1.008	0.999	0.924
Syria	1.046	0.896	1	1.046	0.937
Tunisia	1.043	0.9	1	1.043	0.938
United Arab Emirates	1.105	0.903	1	1.105	0.998
Yemen, Republic	1.115	0.908	1.024	1.088	1.012
Mean	1.058	0.909	1.003	1.055	0.962

TEFFCH technical efficiency change, TECHCH technological change, PECH pure efficiency change, SECH scale efficiency change, MTFPCH Malmquist total factor productivity change index

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