Efficiency of primary care in rural Burkina Faso. A two-stage DEA analysis

Paul Marschall () and Steffen Flessa ()

Health Economics Review, 2011, vol. 1, issue 1, 1-15

Abstract: Compared to the findings of existing one-stage DEA analyses of health facilities in Africa, the share of relatively efficient units is slightly higher. The difference might be explained by a rather homogenous structure of the primary care facilities in the Burkina Faso sample. The study also indicates that improving the accessibility of primary care facilities will have a major impact on the efficiency of these institutions. Thus, health decision-makers are called to overcome the demand-side barriers in accessing health care. Copyright Marschall and Flessa; licensee Springer 2011

Keywords: Burkina Faso; DEA; Efficiency; Nouna; Primary Care (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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