Technical efficiency of public district hospitals and health centres in Ghana: A pilot study

Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation

Volumn 3, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Osei, Daniel ^a   d'Almeida, Selassi ^b   George, Melvill O ^b   Kirigia, Joses M ^c   Mensah, Ayayi Omar ^c   Kainyu, Lenity H ^d  

^a GHANA HEALTH SERVICE   (Ghana)

^b WHO Country Office   (Ghana)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^d KENYATTA UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BUDGET; GHANA; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; PILOT STUDY; PRODUCTIVITY; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RATING SCALE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SCORING SYSTEM;

EID: 33646142061     PISSN: 14787547     EISSN: 14787547     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1478-7547-3-9     Document Type: Article

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