Home > Research > Publications & Outputs > Measuring the efficiency of health services in ...

Research

Links

Text available via DOI:

Keywords

View graph of relations

Measuring the efficiency of health services in lower-income countries: the case of Papua New Guinea

Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Journal article › peer-review

Published

Standard

Measuring the efficiency of health services in lower-income countries: the case of Papua New Guinea. / Au, Nicole; Hollingsworth, Bruce; Spinks, Jean.
In: Development Policy Review, Vol. 32, No. 2, 2014, p. 259-272.

Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Journal article › peer-review

Harvard

Au, N, Hollingsworth, B & Spinks, J 2014, 'Measuring the efficiency of health services in lower-income countries: the case of Papua New Guinea', Development Policy Review, vol. 32, no. 2, pp. 259-272. https://doi.org/10.1111/dpr.12054

APA

Au, N., Hollingsworth, B., & Spinks, J. (2014). Measuring the efficiency of health services in lower-income countries: the case of Papua New Guinea. Development Policy Review, 32(2), 259-272. https://doi.org/10.1111/dpr.12054

Vancouver

Au N, Hollingsworth B, Spinks J. Measuring the efficiency of health services in lower-income countries: the case of Papua New Guinea. Development Policy Review. 2014;32(2):259-272. doi: 10.1111/dpr.12054

Author

Au, Nicole ; Hollingsworth, Bruce ; Spinks, Jean. / Measuring the efficiency of health services in lower-income countries : the case of Papua New Guinea. In: Development Policy Review. 2014 ; Vol. 32, No. 2. pp. 259-272.

Bibtex

@article{7866e4d015a04b2aa45e582e6a4f0dff,
title = "Measuring the efficiency of health services in lower-income countries: the case of Papua New Guinea",
abstract = "Papua New Guinea (PNG) faces enormous health challenges and information concerning how to allocate limited health resources efficiently is lacking. This article finds that geographical location is important in achieving higher efficiency scores. In addition, it compares efficiency scores against a range of quality indicators. The results demonstrate that different conclusions are reached when efficiency scores are assessed in the context of broader health system objectives. Analyses of this kind can provide valuable information to policy-makers in lower-income countries.",
keywords = "Efficiency, health services , ownership , quality, data envelopment analysis",
author = "Nicole Au and Bruce Hollingsworth and Jean Spinks",
year = "2014",
doi = "10.1111/dpr.12054",
language = "English",
volume = "32",
pages = "259--272",
journal = "Development Policy Review",
issn = "0950-6764",
publisher = "Wiley-Blackwell",
number = "2",

}

RIS

TY - JOUR

T1 - Measuring the efficiency of health services in lower-income countries

T2 - the case of Papua New Guinea

AU - Au, Nicole

AU - Hollingsworth, Bruce

AU - Spinks, Jean

PY - 2014

Y1 - 2014

N2 - Papua New Guinea (PNG) faces enormous health challenges and information concerning how to allocate limited health resources efficiently is lacking. This article finds that geographical location is important in achieving higher efficiency scores. In addition, it compares efficiency scores against a range of quality indicators. The results demonstrate that different conclusions are reached when efficiency scores are assessed in the context of broader health system objectives. Analyses of this kind can provide valuable information to policy-makers in lower-income countries.

AB - Papua New Guinea (PNG) faces enormous health challenges and information concerning how to allocate limited health resources efficiently is lacking. This article finds that geographical location is important in achieving higher efficiency scores. In addition, it compares efficiency scores against a range of quality indicators. The results demonstrate that different conclusions are reached when efficiency scores are assessed in the context of broader health system objectives. Analyses of this kind can provide valuable information to policy-makers in lower-income countries.

KW - Efficiency

KW - health services

KW - ownership

KW - quality

KW - data envelopment analysis

U2 - 10.1111/dpr.12054

DO - 10.1111/dpr.12054

M3 - Journal article

VL - 32

SP - 259

EP - 272

JO - Development Policy Review

JF - Development Policy Review

SN - 0950-6764

IS - 2

ER -