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The influence of direct health facility financing on perceived health system responsiveness, health service satisfaction and accountability compliance among public primary health facilities in central zone of Tanzania

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dc.creator Samky, Hendry Peter
dc.date 2020-03-05T11:42:23Z
dc.date 2020-03-05T11:42:23Z
dc.date 2019
dc.date.accessioned 2022-10-20T14:03:17Z
dc.date.available 2022-10-20T14:03:17Z
dc.identifier Samky, H. P. (2019). The influence of direct health facility financing on perceived health system responsiveness, health service satisfaction and accountability compliance among public primary health facilities in central zone of Tanzania (Master's dissertation). The University of Dodoma. Dodoma
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12661/2051
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12661/2051
dc.description Dissertation (MSc Public Health)
dc.description Background: Direct Health Facility Financing (DHFF) is meant to improve quality of health services and brings more autonomy while promoting accountability at Public Primary Health Facilities (PPHFs). This study aimed at establishing the influence of DHFF on perceived status of health service satisfaction and health system responsiveness among clients at PPHFs. Also it established perceived internal and external accountability among Health Care Workers (HCWs) and members of HFGCs respectively. Methodology: A cross sectional analytical study of 23 randomly selected PPHFs, 113 HCWs, 101 members of HFGCs and 521 clients in two randomly selected regions at central zone of Tanzania. Adopted standardized interviewer administered questionnaires namely SEVQUAL and WHO framework were used. Descriptive analysis was used to identify status of service satisfaction, health system responsiveness, internal and external accountability. Multiple logistic regression analysis was used to determine predictors and association between variables (Chisquire and AOR at p< 0.05 was used as significance level). Results: Half of HCWs perceived the existence of strong internal accountability in PPHFs being predicted by availability of DHFF guidelines (AOR=14.628, p< 0.01), working experience (AOR=7.494, p=0.023) and training (AOR=6.713, p< 0.01). More than half (55.4%) of members of HFGCs perceived existence of strong external accountability in PPHF, being influenced by availability of working guidelines (AOR=2.355, p=0.057) and membership experience (AOR=0.0553, p=0.059). The general performance of clients perception on service satisfaction was poor (39%) as compared to perception on health system responsiveness (55.9%) in PPHFs. Conclusion: DHFF improved internal and external accountability and health system responsiveness but not service satisfaction. While Internal and External accountability had no significant influence on health system responsiveness, external accountability significantly influenced service satisfaction.
dc.language en
dc.publisher The University of Dodoma
dc.subject Health facility
dc.subject Health system
dc.subject Health service satisfaction
dc.subject Health service
dc.subject Public health facilities
dc.subject Public health
dc.subject Direct health facility financing
dc.subject Health care workers
dc.subject Accountability
dc.subject Service satisfaction
dc.title The influence of direct health facility financing on perceived health system responsiveness, health service satisfaction and accountability compliance among public primary health facilities in central zone of Tanzania
dc.type Dissertation


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