OECD Ülkelerinin COVID-19 ve Sağlık Politikaları Değişkenlerine göre Bulanık AHP ve MULTIMOORA Yöntemi İle Değerlendirilmesi

Abstract

Aim: The aim of this study is to compare performance rankings of OECD countries with the MULTIMOORA method by using the health policy responses and various variables related to COVID-19. Material and Method: Study includes cross-sectional data of 37 OECD countries. Data regarding eleven variables about the current population health status in these countries are collected from open reliable sources. CO- VID-19 health policy responses of the countries recorded in the OECD database were scored and weighted scores computed by using Fuzzy AHP method. The performance rankings of OECD countries were determined by the MULTIMOORA method with use of all variables. Results: Among the policy responses highest ranking score was computed for “mobilizing and protecting health workers” and the lowest score for “increasing access to mental health services” (0,172 and 0,042 points respectively). According to the results of performance rankings by MULTIMOORA, New Zealand was located in the first and Belgium in the last place while Turkey has been the eighteenth. Conclusion: Study findings can be concluded as the COVID-19 performance of the Eastern countries is better than the Western developed countries with the exceptions of Iceland and Czechia. However, it is difficult to draw justifying conclusions about the success or failure of a country in managing the pandemic due to the complex interactions between various variables and the cross-sectional nature of the study data.