Assessing health workers' revenues and coping strategies in Nigeria--a mixed-methods study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The setting of realistic performance-based financing rewards necessitates not just knowledge of health workers' salaries, but of the revenue that accrues from their additional income-generating activities. This study examined the coping mechanisms of health workers in the public health sector of Nasarawa and Ondo states in Nigeria to supplement their salaries and benefits; it also estimated the proportionate value of the revenues from those coping mechanisms in relation to the health workers' official incomes.

Methods

This study adopted a mixed-methods approach, consisting of semi-structured interviews, a review of policy documents, a survey using self-administered questionnaires, and the randomized response technique (RRT). In all, 170 health workers (86 in Ondo,

SUBMITTER: Akwataghibe N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3853328 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature