Efficiency analysis in the management of COVID-19 pandemic in India based on data envelopment analysis

• The efficiency of states and UTs India is measured by using data envelopment analysis technique. score Maximal Balance Index used to completely rank the India. benchmarking for were calculated their future improvement. Purpose: This article performance 32 union territories (UTs) against COVID-19 disease which was (DEA) compared with different models are in many articles evaluate healthcare system. Here input parameters taken as public health expenditure a million, number hospitals, hospital beds, percentage workers, population density, infected, output divided into good bad categories such recovered output. death outputs. modified undesirable model calculate Charnes, Cooper, Rhodes (CCR) Banker, Cooper (BCC) models. Finally, & ranked help Index, evaluated each UTs. Data Source: Secondary collected from Census 2011 Ministry family welfare, Government on stats (NHAC, 2018; NHP, 2019; COVID19India, 2021). Results: According Undesirable results, 16 (50%) Indian s found be efficient. Among efficient DMUs, Chandigarh most unit Meghalaya inefficient unit. Rajasthan referenced state states. Limitation: affected changing inputs lack more effective enable qualitative variable comparison.