Optimizing immunization services: A Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) of child immunization facilities in Pakistan

Taimoor Ahmad; Muhammad Ibrahim; Olan Naz; Mujahid Abdullah; Ayesha Khan; Maisam Ali; Elizabeth Bunde; Soumya Alva; Wendy Prosser; Adnan Ahmad Khan

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0298308

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Optimizing immunization services: A Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) of child immunization facilities in Pakistan

Taimoor Ahmad,

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Software, Validation, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Akhter Hameed Khan Foundation (AHKF), Islamabad, Pakistan

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1648-2353

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Muhammad Ibrahim,

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Software, Validation, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Research and Development Solutions (RADS), Islamabad, Pakistan

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5612-231X

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Olan Naz,

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Research and Development Solutions (RADS), Islamabad, Pakistan
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Mujahid Abdullah,

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Akhter Hameed Khan Foundation (AHKF), Islamabad, Pakistan

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2923-0526

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Ayesha Khan,

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Akhter Hameed Khan Foundation (AHKF), Islamabad, Pakistan
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Maisam Ali,

Roles Data curation, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Research and Development Solutions (RADS), Islamabad, Pakistan
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Elizabeth Bunde,

Roles Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation International Division, JSI, Washington, DC, United States of America
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Soumya Alva,

Roles Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation International Division, JSI, Washington, DC, United States of America
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Wendy Prosser,

Roles Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation International Division, JSI, Washington, DC, United States of America
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Adnan Ahmad Khan

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: adnan@resdev.org

Affiliation Research and Development Solutions (RADS), Islamabad, Pakistan

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3816-3943

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Optimizing immunization services: A Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) of child immunization facilities in Pakistan

Taimoor Ahmad,
Muhammad Ibrahim,
Olan Naz,
Mujahid Abdullah,
Ayesha Khan,
Maisam Ali,
Elizabeth Bunde,
Soumya Alva,
Wendy Prosser,
Adnan Ahmad Khan

Published: March 22, 2024
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0298308

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