Assessing the efficiency of health-care expenditure among low- and middle- income African countries: Sfa approach

• Main Authors: Mohammed, Hassan Adamu, Mohamed Nor, Norashidah, Mohd Noor, Zaleha, Adam, Peter
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: International Institute for Science, Technology & Education 2015
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/43850/1/Assessing%20the%20efficiency%20of%20health-care%20expenditure%20among%20low-%20and%20middle-income%20.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/43850/; http://www.iiste.org/Journals/index.php/JEDS/article/viewFile/24281/24853

This study used stochastic frontier analysis to determine the level of efficiency of health-care expenditure using three health outputs among low- and middle-income countries in Africa, from 2002–2011. The technical efficiency result shows that; among the health outcomes estimated, life expectancy a...