Assessing the Efficiency of Health-care Facilities in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Systematic Review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The provision of health-care services is dependent on the effective and efficient functioning of various components of a health-care system. It is therefore important to evaluate the functioning of these various components. Hence, the aim of this study was to review studies on health-care facilities efficiency in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) with respect to the methodologies used as well as outcomes and factors influencing efficiency.

Methods

The review was conducted through a comprehensive search of electronic databases which included PubMed, Web of science, academic search complete via EBSCOhost, Science Direct, and Google scholar. A search was also conducted by looking into citations in the reference list of selected articles and through gray literature. Studies we

SUBMITTER: Babalola TK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7218466 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature