Measuring the efficiency and productivity of the Network Health Service SILAIS Carazo, 2010-2011, using the methodology of Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA)

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  • Ricardo José Canales Salinas Depto. Economía, Facultad de Ciencias Económicas, UNAN-Managua

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5377/reice.v2i3.1450

Keywords:

Data Envelopment Analysis, technical efficiency, health post, health center

Abstract

This essay aims to comparatively analyze the technical efficiency of the network of health services SILAIS Carazo, using the technique of data envelopment analysis. This technique allows us to know that drives efficient health services are made reference to those inefficient units and potential improvements to be carried each inefficient unit, that is, in proportion to their inputs should reduce or increase their product to achieve efficiency. Relative technical efficiency is measured. To determine whether technological change in this period Malmquist index is upheld. In the analyzed period the health care units has shown that technical efficiency are San Marcos and Rosario, the health center has shown that efficiency problems is the Paz de Carazo.

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5377/reice.v2i3.1450

REICE Vol. 2, No. 3, enero-junio 2014; 82-101

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2014-08-27

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Canales Salinas, R. J. (2014). Measuring the efficiency and productivity of the Network Health Service SILAIS Carazo, 2010-2011, using the methodology of Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA). Revista Electrónica De Investigación En Ciencias Económicas, 2(3), 82–101. https://doi.org/10.5377/reice.v2i3.1450

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Vol. 2 No. 3 (2014)

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