Technical efficiency of peripheral health units in Pujehun district of Sierra Leone: A DEA application

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 5, Issue , 2005, Pages 1-11

  Renner, Ade ^a   Kirigia, Joses M ^a   Zere, Eyob A ^a   Barry, Saidou P ^a   Kirigia, Doris G ^b   Kamara, Clifford ^c   Muthuri, Lenity H K ^d  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND SANITATION   (Sierra Leone)

^d KENYATTA UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MONITORING; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRODUCTIVITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SIERRA LEONE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 31144475522     PISSN: 14726963     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-5-77     Document Type: Article

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