Article review: Could increasing the efficiency of the Hungarian healthcare system add 3 more years of life?
Abstract
These results underscore that countries can achieve better health outcomes, even with the same amount of money, if they focus on improving the efficiency of health spending. The study finds that well-functioning democracies, government spending on social protection, infrastructure that ensures access to healthcare, widespread use of preventive care, and coordination of development assistance are all associated with improvements in efficiency.
References
Lastuka, A., Breshock, M. R., Hay, S. I., Taylor, K. V., Lim, S. S., Murray, C. J. L., & Dieleman, J. L. (2025). Global, regional, and national health-care inefficiency and associated factors in 201 countries, 1995-2022: a stochastic frontier meta-analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023. The Lancet. Global health, S2214-109X(25)00178-0. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X(25)00178-0
