The impacts of decentralization on health care seeking behaviors in Uganda

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dc.contributor.authorHutchinson, Paul
dc.contributor.authorAkin, John
dc.contributor.authorSsengooba, Freddie
dc.date.accessioned2022-03-11T15:06:25Z
dc.date.available2022-03-11T15:06:25Z
dc.date.issued2006
dc.description.abstractThis paper examines the impacts of a public sector decentralization program on health care seeking behaviors in Uganda in the 1990s. Shifting priorities by local governments in Uganda’s decentralized health system away from provision of primary health care, in particular the provision of public goods or goods with substantial consumption externalities, and toward provision of private health goods such as curative care are linked to shifts in individual-level care utilization behaviors. This analysis finds that, while the country has been undergoing a multitude of changes in recent years, decentralization appears to have led to increases in the use of curative services with largely private benefits, perhaps at the expense of the use of primary health care services and services with consumption externalities. A longer period of analysis is required to determine the persistence of these effectsen_US
dc.identifier.citationHutchinson, P., Akin, J., & Ssengooba, F. (2006). The impacts of decentralization on health care seeking behaviors in Uganda. The International Journal of Health Planning and Management, 21(3), 239-270.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/hpm.848
dc.identifier.urihttps://nru.uncst.go.ug/xmlui/handle/123456789/2772
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherThe International Journal of Health Planning and Managementen_US
dc.subjectdecentralizationen_US
dc.subjectUgandaen_US
dc.subjectimpact evaluationen_US
dc.titleThe impacts of decentralization on health care seeking behaviors in Ugandaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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