Technical efficiency generally increased from 2012/13 to 2014/15, and dropped by 2016/17. There was no statistically significant difference in the efficiency scores of public and private hospitals.

The average constant returns to scale, variable returns to scale and scale efficiency of general hospitals for 2016/17 were 49% (95% CI, 44-54%), 69% (95% CI, 65-74%) and 70% (95% CI, 65-75%) respectively. Trends in technical efficiency was analysed using Excel while determinants of technical efficiency were analysed using Tobit Regression Model in STATA 15.1. We undertook input-oriented data envelopment analysis to estimate technical efficiency of 78 general hospitals using data abstracted from the Annual Health Sector Performance Reports for 2012/13, 2014//17. We assessed the levels, trends and determinants of technical efficiency of general hospitals in Uganda from 2012/13 to 2016/17. They accounted for 38% of government funding to health facilities, 8.8% of outpatient department visits and 28% of admissions in Uganda in the financial year 2016/17. General hospitals provide a wide range of primary and secondary healthcare services.

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