Abstract

Objective

The aim of the study was to measure technical and scale efficiency of public health centers in three districts of Jimma zone, Ethiopia. A two-stage data envelopment analysis was used. First, we estimated technical and scale efficiency of the health centers. In the second stage, institutional and environmental factors were against technical efficiency of the health centers to identify factors associated to efficiency of the health centers.

Results

Eight out of the 16 health centers in the study were found to be technically efficient, with an average score of 90% (standard deviation = 17%). This indicates that on average they could have reduce their utilization of all inputs by about 10% without reducing output. On the other hand, 8 out of 16 health centers were found to be scale efficient, with an average scale efficiency score of 94% (standard deviation = 9%). The inefficient health centers had an average scale score of 89%; implying there is potential for increasing total outputs by about 11% using the existing capacity/size. Catchment population and number of clinical staff were found to be directly associated with efficiency, while the number of nonclinical staff was found to be inversely associated with efficiency.

Details

Title
Technical efficiency of public health centers in three districts in Ethiopia: two-stage data envelopment analysis
Author
Firew Tekle Bobo; Woldie, Mirkuzie; Muluemebet Abera Wordofa; Gebeyehu Tsega; Tesfamichael, Alaro Agago; Wolde-Michael, Kifle; Ibrahim, Nuraddis; Elias Ali Yesuf
Pages
1-5
Section
Research note
Publication year
2018
Publication date
2018
Publisher
BioMed Central
e-ISSN
17560500
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
2071828722
Copyright
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