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Journal of Medical Systems
Published in: Journal of Medical Systems 6/2008

01-12-2008 | Original Paper

A Performance Assessment Method for Hospitals: The Case of Municipal Hospitals in Angola

Authors: Joses M. Kirigia, Ali Emrouznejad, Basilio Cassoma, Eyob Zere Asbu, Saidou Barry

Published in: Journal of Medical Systems | Issue 6/2008

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Abstract

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.
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Metadata
Title
A Performance Assessment Method for Hospitals: The Case of Municipal Hospitals in Angola
Authors
Joses M. Kirigia
Ali Emrouznejad
Basilio Cassoma
Eyob Zere Asbu
Saidou Barry
Publication date
01-12-2008
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
Journal of Medical Systems / Issue 6/2008
Print ISSN: 0148-5598
Electronic ISSN: 1573-689X
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10916-008-9157-5

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