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Technical efficiency of secondary health care service delivery in the Gambia

This study is conducted with specific objectives: a) To measure the technical and scale efficiency of the health centers in the Gambia; b) To estimate the amounts of output increases and/or input reductions that would be required to make inefficient health centers more efficient. The study uses outp...

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Main Authors: Jarjuea, Gibril, Mohamed Nor, Norashidah, Abdul Ghani, Judhiana, Abd Jalil, Suhaila
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Published: Faculty of Economics and Management, Universiti Putra Malaysia 2015
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/38046/1/Technical%20efficiency%20of%20secondary%20health%20care%20service%20delivery%20in%20the%20Gambia.pdf
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spelling my.upm.eprints.380462016-02-02T02:29:40Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/38046/ Technical efficiency of secondary health care service delivery in the Gambia Jarjuea, Gibril Mohamed Nor, Norashidah Abdul Ghani, Judhiana Abd Jalil, Suhaila This study is conducted with specific objectives: a) To measure the technical and scale efficiency of the health centers in the Gambia; b) To estimate the amounts of output increases and/or input reductions that would be required to make inefficient health centers more efficient. The study uses output-oriented variable return to scale Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) method. The findings show that 9 (22%) health centers are efficient, 32 (78%) health centers are technically inefficient with an average technical efficiency score of 65% and standard deviation (STD) of 26%. Furthermore, 4 (10%) health centers are scale efficient, 37 (90%) health centers scale inefficient with an average scale efficiency score of 87% and standard deviation (STD) of 12%.The widespread inefficiency across the entire secondary health care service delivery system in the Gambia is alarming and the results suggest that health centers are using resources more than they actually need. Faculty of Economics and Management, Universiti Putra Malaysia 2015-06 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/38046/1/Technical%20efficiency%20of%20secondary%20health%20care%20service%20delivery%20in%20the%20Gambia.pdf Jarjuea, Gibril and Mohamed Nor, Norashidah and Abdul Ghani, Judhiana and Abd Jalil, Suhaila (2015) Technical efficiency of secondary health care service delivery in the Gambia. International Journal of Economics and Management, 9 (1). pp. 25-43. ISSN 1823-836X http://econ.upm.edu.my/ijem/vol9no1/2.%20Technical%20Efficiency%20of%20Secondary%20Health%20Care%20Service%20Delivery%20in%20the%20Gambia.pdf
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description This study is conducted with specific objectives: a) To measure the technical and scale efficiency of the health centers in the Gambia; b) To estimate the amounts of output increases and/or input reductions that would be required to make inefficient health centers more efficient. The study uses output-oriented variable return to scale Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) method. The findings show that 9 (22%) health centers are efficient, 32 (78%) health centers are technically inefficient with an average technical efficiency score of 65% and standard deviation (STD) of 26%. Furthermore, 4 (10%) health centers are scale efficient, 37 (90%) health centers scale inefficient with an average scale efficiency score of 87% and standard deviation (STD) of 12%.The widespread inefficiency across the entire secondary health care service delivery system in the Gambia is alarming and the results suggest that health centers are using resources more than they actually need.
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author Jarjuea, Gibril
Mohamed Nor, Norashidah
Abdul Ghani, Judhiana
Abd Jalil, Suhaila
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Mohamed Nor, Norashidah
Abdul Ghani, Judhiana
Abd Jalil, Suhaila
Technical efficiency of secondary health care service delivery in the Gambia
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Mohamed Nor, Norashidah
Abdul Ghani, Judhiana
Abd Jalil, Suhaila
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title Technical efficiency of secondary health care service delivery in the Gambia
title_short Technical efficiency of secondary health care service delivery in the Gambia
title_full Technical efficiency of secondary health care service delivery in the Gambia
title_fullStr Technical efficiency of secondary health care service delivery in the Gambia
title_full_unstemmed Technical efficiency of secondary health care service delivery in the Gambia
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publisher Faculty of Economics and Management, Universiti Putra Malaysia
publishDate 2015
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/38046/1/Technical%20efficiency%20of%20secondary%20health%20care%20service%20delivery%20in%20the%20Gambia.pdf
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http://econ.upm.edu.my/ijem/vol9no1/2.%20Technical%20Efficiency%20of%20Secondary%20Health%20Care%20Service%20Delivery%20in%20the%20Gambia.pdf
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