Effects of Brain Drain of Health Professionals on The Provision of Healthcare Services in Public Health Facilities in Kenya: A Case of Selected Health Facilities in Nairobi County
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2016-05
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Daystar University, School of Applied Human Sciences
Abstract
The Government through the Ministry of Health has a mandate to provide quality healthcare services to its citizens. However, this mandate is hindered by shortage of health care providers which is attributed to a number of factors such as dramatic increase in demand for health workers in high-income countries, increasing morbidity, mortality and absenteeism coupled with increasing workloads due to the impact of the HIV/AIDS pandemic. There remains a dearth of evidence to better highlight the effect of health care brain drain in the country. Brain drain of professionals in the public health facilities has been identified as one of issues that affect provision of healthcare to the public. This study analyzed the effects of brain drain of public health professionals on the quality of services offered in public health institutions within Nairobi County. The study used stratified random sampling in three hospitals; Mbagathi County Hospital, Mama Lucy Kibaki Hospital and Pumwani Maternity Hospital. A total of 206 respondents were targeted. One hundred and sixty- nine of the total respondents completed the questionnaires. In this study, it was found that the brain drain of primary health professionals had the lowest effect on the provision of healthcare services in the public health facilities. The study concluded that brain drain of tertiary healthcare professionals has an effect on the provision of services in the public health facilities. Among the variables tested, cancer management was the most impacted while the management of severe burns was the least impacted by the brain drain. The research recommends that the government and other development partners should invest more on improving tertiary level health services which were found to most affected by brain drain especially cancer management professionals. The government should also make recruitment policies and terms of service favorable so as to discourage health professionals from migrating to other countries on the basis of favorable terms and policies in those countries.
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MASTER OF ARTS in Monitoring and Evaluation
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Government, HIV/AIDS pandemic, high-income countries, mortality and absenteeism
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Taligoola, L. (2016). Effects of Brain Drain of Health Professionals on The Provision of Healthcare Services in Public Health Facilities in Kenya: A Case of Selected Health Facilities in Nairobi County. Daystar University, School of Applied Human Sciences