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Efficiency of health systems units in Africa : a data envelopment analysis /

Despite sending huge sums of money on health every year the African region's burden of disease is persistently high. Most of the countries in the region are lagging behind in achieving the health-related United Nations Millennium Development Goals. The African region's dismal health situat...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Kirigia, Joses Muthuri (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Nairobi, Kenya : University of Nairobi Press, 2013.
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505 0 |a 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. 
505 8 |a 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. 
505 8 |a 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. 
505 8 |a 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. 
505 8 |a 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. 
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520 |a Despite sending huge sums of money on health every year the African region's burden of disease is persistently high. Most of the countries in the region are lagging behind in achieving the health-related United Nations Millennium Development Goals. The African region's dismal health situation has largely been blamed on weakness pertaining to such factors as health leadership and governance; service delivery; health workforce; medicines, vaccines, and health technologies; health information; and health system financing that have undermined the capacity of health systems of countries in the region to improve population health without wastage of resources. Institutionalising health system efficiency monitoring, as a basis for the design and implementation of appropriate policy interventions, has been proposed as an effective way of curbing wastage of health system inputs. Efficiency of Health System Units in Africa: A Data Envelopment Analysis is the first book of its kind on application of the data envelopment analysis technique to examine the efficiency of health system decision-making units in Africa. The book interlaces lecture notes with research articles and case studies to equip students and practitioners of economics, operations research, management science, and public health with knowledge and skills for undertaking technical efficiency, cost efficiency, and total factor productivity analyses. 
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