Challenges of medical commodity availability in public and private health care facilities in the Upper East Region of Ghana: a patient-centered perspective

BMC Health Services Research

Research

Noleen Pisa¹  Jackie Walters¹  Oswald Atiga² 

[1] Department of Transport and Supply Chain Management, University of Johannesburg, Auckland Park, South Africa;Department of Transport and Supply Chain Management, University of Johannesburg, Auckland Park, South Africa;Department of Procurement and Logistics Management of the Bolgatanga Technical University, Bolgatanga, Upper East Region, Ghana;

关键词: Medical commodity availability;    Public health care facilities;    Private health care facilities;    Patient-centered perspective;    Upper East Region;    Ghana;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s12913-023-09717-9

 received in 2022-08-12, accepted in 2023-06-19,  发布年份 2023

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

This article is a patient-centered comparison of medical ccommodities availability in public and private health care facilities in the Upper East (UER) of Ghana to determine if significant differences existed. A concurrent mixed method strategy was used where both quantitative and qualitative data were simultaneously collected, independently analysed and triangulated at the intepretation stage. Quantitative data were collected using a systematic sampling method where a total of 1500 patients (750 from public and 750 from private) health care facilities responded to the interviwer-administered questionnaires for this study. Exploratory factor analysis (EFA) was applied as a construct validation tool while a T-test was computed to compare if a significant difference existed between both type of patients. Qualitative data were collected from selected patients and heads of public and private healthcare facilities using an interview guide. The qualitative data were analysed using content analysis. The results indicated significant differences existed in the availability of medical commodities, frequency of medicine stock-outs, seasonality of medicine stock-outs, patients’ reaction to medicine stock-outs and communication about the medicine stock-outs to patients of private and public facilities. The biggest difference between the two groups of patients was how communication of medicines stock-outs was communicated to them.Health care facility managers in the region must focus seriously on training staff on how to improve communication of medicines stock-outs to patients.

【 授权许可】

CC BY   
© The Author(s) 2023

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