RESUMO
The document details Capital Expenditure that the Ministry of Health will undertake in the five year period 2019-2024.
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Gastos de Capital , Financiamento da Assistência à Saúde , Infraestrutura Sanitária/normas , JamaicaRESUMO
This document looks at decentralizing the public health sector in Jamaica which is considered to be one of the most critical components of the health reform exercise as this will affect the way hospitals and health centres are managed.
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Saúde Pública , Hospitais , Infraestrutura Sanitária , Atenção à SaúdeAssuntos
Humanos , Feminino , Masculino , Infraestrutura Sanitária , Índias Ocidentais , Serviços de Saúde/provisão & distribuição , Centros de Saúde , Tecnologia Biomédica/organização & administração , Atenção à Saúde/organização & administração , Reforma dos Serviços de Saúde , Economia Hospitalar , Desenvolvimento de Pessoal , Corpo Clínico , Mobilidade OcupacionalRESUMO
Jamaica's primary health-care services have been in a process of development since the 1970s. In 1984, a large management study collected data on levels of material resources (basic facilities, utilities, furniture, equipment and supplies items). Since 1984, serious staff shortages have affected the services, and there have been economic constraints, as well as a major hurricane. In order to measure changes over subsequent years, data on material resources were again collected in 1991/1992, using the same sample of 65 types 2 and 3 health centres as in 1984. Data were collected by interview with health centre staff. Results, whilst showing various changes item-by-item, showed constancy or minor improvements overall in levels of resources. Type 2 health centres continued to have lower resource levels than type 3s, even though the methodology allowed for their different needs where appropriate. Staff members' opinions of condition and adequacy of resources had become more positive than before. It was concluded that, in terms of material resources, activities within the primary health-care sector have offset the adverse effects of the macro-environmental conditions affecting the health centres. This method of material resource monitoring has implications for quality assessment of health facilities in primary health-care (AU)