Análisis Envolvente de Datos (DEA) para el estudio de la eficiencia técnica en los Sistemas de Salud: una revisión bibliográfica y metodológica en el contexto ecuatoriano

Introduction: the financing of health systems has been the main objective of public policies, especially due to the use of limited resources; it is necessary that new health interventions demonstrate that they are efficient, in addition to guaranteeing their therapeutic efficacy.Objective: to carry out an exhaustive review of the methodology used to measure the technical efficiency in the health sector.Methodology: an extensive description of the health system in Ecuador and a deep bibliographic inquiry on the DEA were developed, complementing the analysis and synthesis of particular observations and general theories to establish probable and valid conclusions.Results: the DEA is the methodology that best captures the efficiency in the use of resources, fundamentally due to its versatility in incorporating a large number of variables of different nature and measures, being important due to the limited availability and heterogeneity of the existing information, calculating and analyzing technical efficiency according to the researcher's needs or the availability of data.Conclusions: the research clearly describes the DEA methodology and particularly the importance and versatility it has in the measurement of technical efficiency in the health sector