TY - JOUR
T1 - The efficiency of the health system in South Africa: Evidence from stochastic frontier analysis
AU - KINFU, Yohannes
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - The availability of increased resources and the lack of parallel improvement in health status have renewed interest on health system performance, particularly where progress towards the Millennium Development Goals has been slow. Since the political transition in 1994, South Africa has consistently invested over eight of its Gross Domestic Product (GDP) on health, but so far returns remain uneven, with some localities delivering lower outcomes than others, even when they have comparable input levels.
AB - The availability of increased resources and the lack of parallel improvement in health status have renewed interest on health system performance, particularly where progress towards the Millennium Development Goals has been slow. Since the political transition in 1994, South Africa has consistently invested over eight of its Gross Domestic Product (GDP) on health, but so far returns remain uneven, with some localities delivering lower outcomes than others, even when they have comparable input levels.
KW - Efficiency analysis
KW - Health system efficiency
KW - South African health system
KW - Stochastic frontier analysis
U2 - 10.1080/00036846.2011.613787
DO - 10.1080/00036846.2011.613787
M3 - Article
VL - 45
SP - 1003
EP - 1010
JO - Applied Financial Economics
JF - Applied Financial Economics
SN - 0003-6846
IS - 8
ER -