Efficiency in Public Provincial and District Hospitals in Kenya. A Stochastic Cost Frontieh. Approach:
Abstract
The main objective of this paper is to determine the level of efficiency for district
hospitals and the provincial hospitals. Second objective is to determine the various inputs
used in producing the health care and lastly the thesis to develops indicators for
measuring the performance of the district and provincial hospitals in Kenya.
A stochastic cost function for hospital was estimated. The mean technical efficiency for
provincial hospital is 64.4 % while that of the district is about 54.2 %. The efficiency level
of the whole hospital system is 55 %.
The stochastic cost frontier function indicates that there is potential to improve on quality
of care without infecting additional resources in the hospitals. This is important given the
financial constraint that the Ministry of Health is currently going through. Finally it is
desirable to replicate this study to include the health centers so as to access the problems,
its causes and possible efficiency savings.
Citation
M.A (Economics) ThesisSponsorhip
University of NairobiPublisher
Department of Economics, University of Nairobi,
Description
Master of Arts Thesis