A comparison of the technical efficiencies of health districts and hospitals in Botswana

Development Southern Africa

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 307-320

  Ramanathan, Thekke V ^a   Chandra, Koni Suresh ^a   Thupeng, Wilson M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOTSWANA   (Botswana)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEALTH SERVICES; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY;

BOTSWANA;

EID: 0038638255     PISSN: 0376835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03768350302955     Document Type: Article

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