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| Leonard, Kenneth L.; Masatu, Melkiory C.. |
| Medicine is a professional pursuit, and even in developing countries professionalism should lead at least some practitioners to care for their patients despite the absence of direct incentives to do so. Even if practitioners do not behave as professionals, what is the extent of latent professionalism, in which socialization in the profession conditions health workers to respond to a demand for professionalism even if they do not normally act as professionals? How many health care workers in developing countries act as professionals all the time and what will happen if health services turn toward remuneration schemes in which health workers are paid by the output or outcome? We examine the behavior of 80 practitioners from Arusha region of Tanzania for... |
| Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper |
Palavras-chave: Incentives; Quality; Health care; Professionalism; Tanzania; Health Economics and Policy; I1; O1; O2. |
| Ano: 2008 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/42883 |
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| Klemick, Heather; Leonard, Kenneth L.; Masatu, Melkiory C.. |
| We examine the implications of health seeking behavior on access to quality health care using a unique dataset that combines a household survey from rural Tanzania with the location and quality of all health facilities available to households. Patients do not always visit the nearest facility, but choose from among multiple facilities, improving the quality of care they receive by bypassing low quality facilities. Recognizing this behavior alters the projected benefits to health interventions, reducing the value of focusing on the staff qualifications and increasing the value of focusing on travel time and the motivation of current staff. |
| Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper |
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Health Economics and Policy. |
| Ano: 2008 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/6178 |
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