Measurement of technical efficiency of public hospitals in Kenya: Using data envelopment analysis

Journal of Medical Systems

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 39-45

  Kirigia, Joses M ^a   Emrouznejad, Ali ^b,c   Sambo, Luis G ^a  

^a WHO Regional Office for Africa   (Zimbabwe)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^c HEFCE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

DEA; Health efficiency; Hospital efficiency

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HOSPITAL; KENYA; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; KENYA; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MODELS, STATISTICAL; RESEARCH DESIGN; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

EID: 0036479442     PISSN: 01485598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1013090804067     Document Type: Article

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