The efficiency of government spending on health: Evidence from Europe and Central Asia.

Highlights: [•] This paper provides implications for countries in the Europe and Central Asia to improve their efficiencies. [•] The average level of overall technical efficiency is 98.8%. [•] Productivity growth decreased on average by 7.7% per year. [•] In Tobit model, the positive influence of the hospital beds and average years of primary schooling on efficiency scores. [•] There is a regional effect between the Europe and Central Asia. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]