학술논문
The production and costs of health service across four African countries: Ghana, Kenya, Uganda, and Zambia
Document Type
Article
Author
Hanlon, Michael; Achan, Jane; Burstein, Roy; Chatterjee, Anirban; Conner, Ruben; Dansereau, Emily; DeCenso, Brendan; Duber, Herbert; Gasasira, Anne; Garshong, Bertha; Haakenstad, Annie; Ikilezi, Gloria; Kontor, Emmanuel Kwakye; Kisia, Caroline; Kumar, Santosh; Masiye, Felix; Masters, Samuel; Moore, Kelsey; Mphuka, Chrispin; Mwangi, Jane; Njuguna, Pamela; Odeny, Thomas; Okiro, Emelda; Osei, Ivy; Gakidou, Emmanuela; Murray, Christopher JL
Source
The Lancet; May 2013, Vol. 381 Issue: 9880 pS56-S56, 1p
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ISSN
01406736; 1474547X
Abstract
BackgroundFew data exist for the production or costs of health service in developing countries. Consequently, researchers and policy makers have not been able to clearly identify technical or allocative inefficiencies in the provision of care. To remedy this shortcoming, the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, UNICEF, and others have collaborated on de-novo costing exercises across a dozen developing countries. This project has engaged in-country partners to survey over 2300 health facilities. These facilities range from large, referral hospitals to small clinics and pharmacies. Facility-level data are supplemented by centralised information from ministries of health and other national-level financing agents. In most countries, panel data were collected, from 2007 to 2011.