Technical and scale efficiency of public community hospitals in Eritrea: An exploratory study

Health Economics Review

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-16

  Kirigia, Joses M ^a   Asbu, Eyob Z ^b  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b Health Authority Abu Dhabi   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Data envelopment analysis; Public hospitals; Scale efficiency; Technical efficiency

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DATA ANALYSIS; ERITREA; HEALTH CENTER; HOSPITAL BED; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; LABORATORY PERSONNEL; LENGTH OF STAY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEDICAL SERVICE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; ORGANIZATIONAL DOWNSIZING; ORGANIZATIONAL EFFICIENCY; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RATING SCALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SECONDARY HEALTH CARE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 84971261660     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21911991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2191-1991-3-6     Document Type: Article

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