Efficiency of health systems in sub-Sahara Africa: a comparative analysis of time varying stochastic frontier models
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Keywords
Efficiency; Health systems; health expenditure; SSA; SFA; 'True' random effect;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- I00 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - General - - - General
- I1 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health
- I12 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Health Behavior
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-AFR-2014-11-28 (Africa)
- NEP-EFF-2014-11-28 (Efficiency and Productivity)
- NEP-HEA-2014-11-28 (Health Economics)
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