Performance management of OECD countries on Covid-19 pandemic: a criticism using data envelopment analysis models
Journal of Facilities Management
ISSN: 1472-5967
Article publication date: 9 August 2021
Issue publication date: 21 September 2021
Abstract
Purpose
The Covid-19 pandemic spread rapidly around the world and required strict restriction plans and policies. In most countries around the world, the outbreak of the disease has been serious and has greatly affected the health system and the economy. The factors such as the number of patients with chronic diseases, the number of people over 65 years old, hospital facilities, the number of confirmed Covid-19 cases, the recovering Covid-19 cases and the number of deaths affect the rate of spread of Covid-19. This study aims to evaluate the performances of 21 Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries against the Covid-19 outbreak using three data envelopment analysis (DEA) models.
Design/methodology/approach
In this study, the performance of 21 OECD countries to manage the Covid-19 process has been analysed weekly via DEA which is widely used in various practical problems and provides a general framework for efficiency evaluation problems using the inputs and outputs of decision-making units.
Findings
The analysis showed that 11 countries out of 21 countries were efficient for selected weeks. According to the DEA results from the 20-week review (09 April 2020–20 August 2020), information about the course of the epidemic prevention and the normalization process for any country can be obtained.
Originality/value
In this study, due to the problem of the discrimination power of DEA, the cross-efficiency model and the super-efficiency model also used. In addition, the output-oriented model was preferred in this study for Covid-19 management efficiency.
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Acknowledgements
The author would like to thank the editor (Prof Chenfeng Li) and three anonymous reviewers for their helpful comments.
Funding: This research did not receive any specific grant from funding agencies in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.
Conflict of interest: The author declares that there is no conflict of interest regarding the publication of this paper.
Citation
Doğan, M.İ., Özsoy, V.S. and Örkcü, H.H. (2021), "Performance management of OECD countries on Covid-19 pandemic: a criticism using data envelopment analysis models", Journal of Facilities Management, Vol. 19 No. 4, pp. 479-499. https://doi.org/10.1108/JFM-01-2021-0005
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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