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

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Zere, E.
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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).

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Paper provided by World Institute for Development Economics Research in its series Research Paper with number 187.

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Date of creation: 2000
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Keywords: HOSPITALS ; PRODUCTIVITY ; ECONOMIC MODELS ; EVALUATION ; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES;

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I10 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - General
I11 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Analysis of Health Care Markets
O55 - Economic Development, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economywide Country Studies - - - Africa

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  1. António Afonso & Sónia Fernandes, 2008. "Assessing Hospital Efficiency: Non-parametric Evidence for Portugal," Working Papers 2008/07, Department of Economics at the School of Economics and Management (ISEG), Technical University of Lisbon.. [Downloadable!]
  2. Ruwan Jayasuriya & Quentin Wodon, 2007. "Efficiency in Improving Health and Education Outcomes: Provincial and State-Level Estimates for Argentina and Mexico," Estudios Económicos, El Colegio de México, Centro de Estudios Económicos, vol. 22(1), pages 57-97. [Downloadable!]
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