Open AccessTechnical efficiency of public clinics in Kwazulu- Natal Province of South Africa
Author(s) -
Joses Muthuri Kirigia,
Luís Gomes Sambo,
H Scheel
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
east african medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.102
H-Index - 40
ISSN - 0012-835X
DOI - 10.4314/eamj.v78i3.9070
Subject(s) - medicine , public health , health care , data envelopment analysis , family medicine , environmental health , scale (ratio) , developing country , nursing , economic growth , geography , mathematical optimization , mathematics , cartography , economics
In sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) much of the attention of policy makers, health care managers, health systems researchers and donors is focussed almost solely on mobilising additional resources and not on efficiency in their use.