Excavating Future Challenges: An Analysis of Health Systems of One Hundred-Six Countries

  • Abdul Basit Lahore Institute of Science & Technology, Lahore, Pakistan
  • Waheed Asghar Director in Technical Education and Vocational Training Authority, (Government of the Punjab), Lahore, Pakistan
  • Abdul Aziz Khan Niazi Institute of Business and Management, University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore, Pakistan
  • Tehmina Fiaz Qazi Hailey College of Banking and Finance University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan
Keywords: Countries, Future challenges, GRA, Health risk, Health system

Abstract

Purpose: Health system of a country is backbone of economy. It has fundamental importance in sustainable development of a country. Aim of this article is to excavate future challenges to health system of selected 106 countries.

Design/Methodology/Approach: It is a country level comparative analysis of health risk factors. Design of the study includes review of literature, data extraction and analysis. The cross-sectional secondary data has been drawn from website of World Development Indicators (WDI) 2020. Grey relational analysis is used as technique of investigation.

Findings: Results show that majorly, member countries of Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) have exceptionally high grey relational grade, therefore, are considered to be countries having less future health risks, whereas, Southern African Development Community (SADC) have exceptionally low grey relational grade, therefore, have high future health risk.

Implications/Originality/Value: It is a unique study using different dataset and methods that provides valuable insights to political governments, researchers and health system managers.                                                             

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Published
2021-06-30
How to Cite
Basit, A., Asghar, W., Niazi, A. A. K., & Qazi, T. F. (2021). Excavating Future Challenges: An Analysis of Health Systems of One Hundred-Six Countries. Journal of Business and Social Review in Emerging Economies, 7(2), 219-230. https://doi.org/10.26710/jbsee.v7i2.1640