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

Eyob Zere

No wp-2000-187, WIDER Working Paper Series from World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER)

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). A tobit regression is also estimated to identify some factors that may be associated with (in)efficiency.

Keywords: Cost effectiveness; Healthcare (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2000
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