?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Efficiency+of+Health+Care+Sector+at+Sub-State+Level+in+India%3A+A+Case+of+Punjab&rft.creator=Purohit%2C+BC&rft.subject=Online+Journal+of+Health+and+Allied+Sciences&rft.description=In+recent+years%2C+WHO+and+other+individual+researchers+have+advocated+estimation+of+health+system+performance+through+stochastic+frontier+models.+It+provides+an+idealized+yardstick+to+evaluate+economic+performance+of+health+system.+So+far+attempts+in+India+have+remained+focused+at+state+level+analysis.+This+paper+attempts+a+sub-state+level+analysis+for+an+affluent+Indian+state%2C+namely+Punjab%2C+by+using+stochastic+frontier+technique.+Our+results+provide+pertinent+insight+into+state+health+system+and+facilitate+health+facility+planning+at+the+sub-state+level.+Carried+out+in+two+stages+of+estimation%2C+our+results+suggest+that+life+expectancy+in+the+Indian+state+could+be+enhanced+considerably+by+correcting+the+factors+that+are+adversely+influencing+the+sub-state+level+health+system+efficiency.+A+higher+budgetary+allocation+for+health+manpower+is+recommended+by+us+to+improve+efficiency+in+poorly+performing+districts.+This+may+be+supported+by+policy+initiatives+outside+the+health+system+by+empowering+women+through+better+education+and+work+participation&rft.publisher=Dr.+B.S.+Kakkilaya&rft.contributor=Kakkilaya%2C+Dr+Srinivas&rft.date=2009-11-15&rft.type=Journal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F6950%2F1%2F2009-3-2.pdf&rft.identifier=++Purohit%2C+BC++(2009)+Efficiency+of+Health+Care+Sector+at+Sub-State+Level+in+India%3A+A+Case+of+Punjab.++%5BJournal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F6950%2F