Stochastic frontier approach to efficiency analysis of health facilities in providing services for non-communicable diseases in eight LMICs.

Background: The rising burden of non-communicable diseases presents an increasing public health challenge to many low- and middle-income countries. This problem may be compounded in health systems with lower levels of technical efficiency (TE).

Methods: This study used recent Service Provision Assessments data to estimate the level of TEs of health facilities in eight countries.

Predicting key drivers for health care expenditure growth in the Middle East region: a Grossman-PLS modeling approach.

Background: Numerous studies have provided evidence to the literature on the demand side of the determinants of health-care expenditure by employing the Grossman model. However, understanding the supply side of the determinants of health-care expenditure will be of crucial importance for improving health outcomes.

Methods: This study has used panel data for 15 Middle-East region countries for the time period of 2000-2016 Initially, Grossman's model of the demand for care is estimated.

The dynamics of public and private health expenditure on health outcome in Southeast Asia.

Though the level of public and private health expenditure per capita in Southeast Asia is comparatively below the level of health expenditure in Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries, the former has higher rates of under-five and non-communicable disease mortality rates than the latter. Similarly, life expectancy at birth is considerably higher in OECD compared to Southeast Asia, despite the global progress in recent decades. This study examines the dynamics of public and private health expenditure on health outcomes in Southeast Asia, vis-a-vis two of the Sustainable Development Goals targets.