Hospital Efficiency in Sub-Saharan Africa. Evidence from South Africa

E. Zere

Research Paper from World Institute for Development Economics Research

Abstract: This study evaluates the technical efficiency and productivity of a sample of public sector hospitals in three provinces of South Africa using the non-parametric techniques of data envelopment analysis (DEA) and DEA-based Malmquist Productivity Index (MPI).

Keywords: HOSPITALS; PRODUCTIVITY; ECONOMIC MODELS; EVALUATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I10 I11 O55 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 39 pages
Date: 2000
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