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- Title
Efficiency Analysis of Basic Health Units: A Comparison of De-veloped and Deprived Regions in Azad Jammu and Kashmir.
- Authors
RAZZAQ, Sadia; ALI CHAUDHARY, Amjad; RAZZAQ KHAN, Abdul
- Abstract
Background: The current study aims to measure the efficiency of primary health care units completed in health sec-tor of rural Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) and to compare it across developed and deprived regions. Methods: Operational efficiency and beneficiary efficiency of a total of 32 Basic Health Units (BHUs) were measured through Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) by using different input and output variables. Independent sample T-test was applied to compare these efficiencies across developed and deprived regions. Results: The study could find no significant difference of operational efficiency across developed and deprived re-gions, however a significant difference was found across regions from beneficiary perspective (P= 0.044). Conclusion: The study concludes that BHUs of deprived region are more efficient from beneficiary perspective, however there is no significant difference of operational efficiency across the regions.
- Subjects
PAKISTAN; EVALUATION of organizational effectiveness; COMPARATIVE studies; LABOR productivity; MEDICAL quality control; PATIENT satisfaction; POPULATION geography; PRIMARY health care; PUBLIC health administration; RURAL conditions; T-test (Statistics); COST analysis; DESCRIPTIVE statistics
- Publication
Iranian Journal of Public Health, 2013, Vol 42, Issue 11, p1223
- ISSN
2251-6085
- Publication type
Article