Efficiency of health systems units in Africa : a data envelopment analysis /
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| Imprint: | Nairobi, Kenya : University of Nairobi Press, 2013. ©2013 |
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| Description: | 1 online resource (548 pages) : illustrations, tables |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | E-Resource Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11243378 |
Table of Contents:
- Cover; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; List of Appendices; Preface; Acknowledgements; List of Contributors; Abbreviations and Acronyms; Part I
- Health Systems and Economic Theory of Health Service Decision-Making Units; Learning Objectives; 1. Overview of Health Situation in Africa; INTRODUCTION; HEALTH-RELATED MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS; HEALTH WORKFORCE AND INFRASTRUCTURE; HEALTH EXPENDITURE; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; 2. Health Challenges in Africa and the Way Forward; ABSTRAC; OVERVIEW OF DISEASE BURDEN; CHALLENGES; THE WAY FORWARD; CONCLUSIONS.
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTSREFERENCES; 3. Lecture Notes on Efficiency Analysis of Health Systems; HEALTH SYSTEM CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; HEALTH SYSTEM BUILDING BLOCKS; HEALTH SERVICE PRODUCTION PROCESS; REFERENCES; 4. Introduction to Health Services Production and Cost Theory; INTRODUCTION; HEALTH SYSTEMS INPUTS; HEALTH SYSTEM OUTPUTS; PRODUCTION FUNCTION FOR A SINGLE HEALTH SERVICE; EFFICIENCY OF PRODUCTION; PRODUCTION FUNCTION OF A MULTIPLE OUTPUT HEALTH SYSTEM DECISION-MAKING UNIT; COST OF HEALTH SERVICES; CONCEPTS OF EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; METHODS OF MEASURING EFFICIENCY.
- EFFICIENCY CHANGE, TECHNICAL CHANGE AND PRODUCTION GROWTHADVANTAGES AND LIMITATIONS OF DEA; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; REFERENCES; Part III
- Application of Data Envelopment Analysis in Health Systems in Africa; Learning Objectives; 5. Technical Efficiency of Public Hospitals and Health Centres in Ghana; ABSTRACT; BACKGROUND; METHODS; RESULTS; DISCUSSION; CONCLUSIONS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENT; REFERENCES; 6. Measurement of Technical Efficiency of Public Hospitals in Kenya: Using Data Envelopment Analysis*; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; DATA; DEA CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; RESULTS AND DISCUSSION; CONCLUSIONS; REFERENCES.
- 7. Using Data Envelopment Analysis to Measure the Technical Efficiency of Public Health Centres in KenyaABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; MATERIALS AND METHODS; DEA ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK; RESULTS; DISCUSSION; SUGGESTIONS FOR FUTURE RESEARCH; CONCLUSION; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; REFERENCES; 8. Technical Efficiency of Peripheral Health Units in Pujehun District of Sierra Leone: A DEA Application; ABSTRACT; BACKGROUND; METHODS; RESULTS; DISCUSSION; CONCLUSIONS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENT; REFERENCES; 9. Are Public Hospitals in Kwazulu-Natal Province of South Africa Technically Efficient?*; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION.
- MATERIALS AND METHODSRESULTS; DISCUSSION; CONCLUSION; ACKNOWLEDGEMENT; REFERENCES; 10. Technical Efficiency of Public Clinics in Kwazulu-Natal Province of South Africa; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; MATERIALS AND METHODS; RESULTS; DISCUSSION; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; 11. Technical Efficiency of Primary Health Units in Kailahun and Kenema Districts of Sierra Leone; ABSTRACT; BACKGROUND; METHODS; RESULTS; DISCUSSION; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; 12. Efficient Management of Health Centres Human Resources in Zambia; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; DATA; RESULTS; DISCUSSION; CONCLUSION; ACKNOWLEDGEMENT; REFERENCES.