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Efficiency Assessment of Maternal healthcare services in the Aspirational Districts of the EAG states in India: A Data Envelopment Analysis Approach

Vandna Sharma, Population Research Center

Background: India has achieved a momentous leap in economic growth in last few decades despite that it exhibits two disparate spectrums, which is prominent in the healthcare system. At this juncture the role of the Government in enabling a sustainable health infrastructure becomes very critical for the lagging units. Methods: The study keeps this as a primary backdrop to throw light onto the performance of the aspirational districts in the Empowered Action Groups (EAG) states of the country. The study sought to assess the performance of these districts by drawing to sum up the efficiency of health outcomes across a range of input-output spectrum specifically targeted to maternal health. Data Envelopment Analysis was used to analyze the efficiencies in terms of maternal health care for the aspirational districts. Results: The results showed that 84% of aspirational districts in the EAG states are operating at less than optimal level and 42 of these obtained efficiency scores below 80 percent. This finding implies that the inefficient districts could significantly improve their efficiency by better resource management and allocation. Sirohi and Bokaro being the most cited peers certainly have put forth key takeaways in terms of strengthening maternal healthcare models for other aspirational districts.

Keywords: Decomposition analysis/methods, Population geography, Geographic Information Systems (GIS), Policy evaluation

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