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Analysis of determinants of public hospitals efficiency in Cameroon

African Journal of Economic Policy

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Title Analysis of determinants of public hospitals efficiency in Cameroon
 
Creator Bertrand, NAS
Sikod, F
 
Subject Public hospitals, Data envelopment analysis model, Efficiency, Tobit censored
 
Description The study analysed the determinants of the efficiency of public health establishments in Cameroon. The Data Envelopment Analysis model was used and sources of inefficiency were analysed using a censored Tobit model. We noted that more than half of the public health establishments analysed: district hospitals, district health and integrated health centres covered, revealed a pure technical inefficiency. Further, the inefficiency of Cameroonian public health establishments was explained by the occupation rate of hospital beds, corruption, the cost of health care and the degree of specialisation.Keywords: Public hospitals, Data envelopment analysis model, Efficiency, Tobit censored
 
Publisher Department of Economics, University of Ibadan
 
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Date 2014-02-26
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Peer-reviewed Article
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier http://www.ajol.info/index.php/ajep/article/view/101516
10.4314/ajep.v20i1.
 
Source African Journal of Economic Policy; Vol 20, No 1 (2013); 89-112
1116-4875
 
Language eng
 
Relation http://www.ajol.info/index.php/ajep/article/view/101516/90706
 
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