Análise da eficiência técnica dos recursos destinados à saúde pública das microrregiões do Estado da Paraíba

Abstract

This work aims to measure and analyze the technical efficiency of resources destined to health in the microregions of the state of Paraíba for the period from 2013 to 2019. To find more robust results: first, the traditional estimation model was used, the Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA), which allows to quantify and compare the productive efficiency of the units, when compared to the quantity of inputs used to determine a quantity of product and in the non-parametric order-m model is followed, as it is more suitable in relation to the presence of outliers, as it does not involve the entire sample and allows observations beyond the efficiency frontier. Furthermore, the result of the DEA model indicates that most microregions are efficient for all years analyzed, in addition to having an average efficiency of 0.94, however, the existence of inefficiency was still found, as there are microregions with efficiency below the overall average. When comparing the results of the models, there is a difference in the efficiency level of the microregions of Paraíba, since the order-m efficiency was lower than that of the DEA model. Finally, only the Litoral Norte, Umbuzeiro and Sapé microregions were efficient for both models.