Measurement of technical efficiency of public hospitals in Kenya: using Data Envelopment Analysis

In Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), there is a huge knowledge gap of health facilities performance. The objective of this study is to measure relative technical efficiencies of 54 public hospitals in Kenya using Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) technique. 14 (26%) of the public hospitals were found to be te...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Journal of medical systems 2002-02, Vol.26 (1), p.39-45
Hauptverfasser:	Kirigia, Joses M, Emrouznejad, Ali, Sambo, Luis G
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Data envelopment analysis Decision Support Techniques Efficiency Efficiency, Organizational - statistics & numerical data Evaluation Health care Hospitals Hospitals, Public - organization & administration Information work Kenya Mathematical Computing Models, Statistical Performance measures Research Design Studies Systems Analysis
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Zusammenfassung:	In Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), there is a huge knowledge gap of health facilities performance. The objective of this study is to measure relative technical efficiencies of 54 public hospitals in Kenya using Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) technique. 14 (26%) of the public hospitals were found to be technically inefficient. The study singled out the inefficient hospitals and provided the magnitudes of specific input reductions or output increases needed to attain technical efficiency.
ISSN:	0148-5598 1573-689X
DOI:	10.1023/A:1013090804067