Assessment of productivity of hospitals in Botswana: A DEA application

International Archives of Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Tlotlego, Naomi ^a   Nonvignon, Justice ^b   Sambo, Luis G ^c   Asbu, Eyob Z ^c   Kirigia, Joses M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOTSWANA   (Botswana)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BOTSWANA; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS SOFTWARE; DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MATERNAL WELFARE; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; OUTPATIENT CARE; PRODUCTIVITY; SCORING SYSTEM;

EID: 78049359289     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17557682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1755-7682-3-27     Document Type: Article

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