Resource Capacity Assessment of Lower-Tier Health Institutions and Delivery of Responsive Care-Given Within Ghana’s Decentralised Healthcare System

Baba Salifu, Prince Osei-Wusu Adjei, Daniel Buor, Richard Serbeh

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Abstract

This study examined the capacity of decentralised health institutions at the Sunyani Municipality for responsive healthcare delivery, through the case study design. A sample size of 102 individuals comprising 60 household respondents and 42 healthcare staff were involved. Interviews and observations were used to collect data from the respondents. The human resource capacity of the health facilities was found to be adequate for responsive healthcare delivery; however, these successes were diminished by limited financial and material resource availability. The study concludes that disproportionate resource capacity is counterproductive; thus, the government should increase its health sector financial and material resource allocations.

Original languageEnglish
JournalJournal of Asian and African Studies
DOIs
Publication statusAccepted/In press - 2023

Keywords

  • Decentralisation
  • healthcare delivery
  • healthcare facilities
  • Ministry of Health
  • resource capacity assessment
  • responsive health care

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