Attitudes of Private not for Profit (PNFP) Health Workers in Jinja Diocese to the Proposed Social Health Insurance in Uganda
Health policy dev. (Online)
; 7(1): 17-22, 2009.
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in English
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ABSTRACT
Uganda proposes to introduce Social Health Insurance (SHI). Whereas the idea of SHI is good; the scheme has to be designed properly and carefully; in order to avoid dangers like fraud and especially; cost escalation due to over-prescription. Health workers are; particularly; key takeholders in preventing cost escalation. Attempting to start a SHI scheme without educating; convincing and winning over the health and attitudes of Ugandan health workers to the proposed scheme. It was done in one network of faithbased private-not-for-profit (PNFP) health facilities under the Catholic Diocese of Jinja; in SE Uganda. Despite being done close to the starting of the scheme; the study found that most of the health workers were not knowledgeable about the scheme at all and that they had a negative attitude but at the same time focusing on improving the design of the scheme to prevent common pitfalls e.g. fraud and cost escalation
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Main subject:
Attitude
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Health
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Health Personnel
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Hospitals
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Insurance
Language:
English
Journal:
Health policy dev. (Online)
Year:
2009
Type:
Article
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