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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
computer science
A performance assessment method for hospitals: The case of municipal hospitals in Angola
Journal of Medical Systems, Volume 32, No. 6, Year 2008
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Over 60% of the recurrent budget of the Ministry of Health (MoH) in Angola is spent on the operations of the fixed health care facilities (health centres plus hospitals). However, to date, no study has been attempted to investigate how efficiently those resources are used to produce health services. Therefore the objectives of this study were to assess the technical efficiency of public municipal hospitals in Angola; assess changes in productivity over time with a view to analyzing changes in efficiency and technology; and demonstrate how the results can be used in the pursuit of the public health objective of promoting efficiency in the use of health resources. The analysis was based on a 3-year panel data from all the 28 public municipal hospitals in Angola. Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA), a non-parametric linear programming approach, was employed to assess the technical and scale efficiency and productivity change over time using Malmquist index.The results show that on average, productivity of municipal hospitals in Angola increased by 4.5% over the period 2000-2002; that growth was due to improvements in efficiency rather than innovation. © 2008 Springer Science+Business Media, LLC.
Authors & Co-Authors
Kirigia, Joses Muthuri
Congo, Brazzaville
World Health Organization Regional Office for Africa Congo
Emrouznejad, Ali
United Kingdom, Birmingham
Aston Business School
Cassoma, Basilio
Angola, Luanda
Ministry of Health
Asbu, Eyob Zere
Malawi, Lilongwe
Who Country Office
Barry, Saidou P.
Congo, Brazzaville
World Health Organization Regional Office for Africa Congo
Statistics
Citations: 117
Authors: 5
Affiliations: 4
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1007/s10916-008-9157-5
ISSN:
01485598
Study Locations
Angola