Perceptions of veterinarians regarding privatization of veterinary services delivery in Ghana and Jamaica
Prev Vet Med
; 40(3-4): 221-32, Jun. 11, 1999.
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em Inglês
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| ID: med-1385
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ABSTRACT
There are on-going reforms in the delivery of veterinary services in many developing countries, with privatization of certain veterinary activities as one of the approaches. In Jamaica, with the support of veterinarians, clinical aspects of veterinary services were privatized in 1992. In contrast, Ghanian veterinarians are generally wary of the government's on-going privatization process. The objective of this study is to find out if perceptions of the veterinarians from these two countries on certain issues of privatization were sufficiently different to explain the willingness or reluctance to go into private practice. The response proportions for predominantly self-administered questionnaires were 83 percent (121/145) and 92 percent (35/38) for Ghana and Jamaica, respectively. There was a very good (92 percent) agreement in the perceptions of veterinarians in Ghana and Jamaica on a battery of 24 responses pertaining to privatization of veterinary services. Generally, the perceptions of the veterinarians in Ghana and Jamaica were similar even though the predominant delivery systems for animal health services were different. Therefore, reasons other than those examined in this study may explain the differences in willingness.(Au)
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Assunto principal:
Medicina Veterinária
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Privatização
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Atitude do Pessoal de Saúde
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Médicos Veterinários
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Atenção à Saúde
Tipo de estudo:
Pesquisa qualitativa
Aspecto:
Determinantes sociais da saúde
Limite:
Humanos
País/Região como assunto:
África
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Caribe Inglês
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Jamaica
Idioma:
Inglês
Revista:
Prev Vet Med
Ano de publicação:
1999
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