What Do District Health Managers in Ghana Use Their Working Time for? A Case Study of Three Districts.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Ineffective district health management potentially impacts on health system performance and service delivery. However, little is known about district health managing practices and time allocation in resource-constrained health systems. Therefore, a time use study was conducted in order to understand current time use practices of district health managers in Ghana.

Methods

All 21 district health managers working in three districts of the Eastern Region were included in the study and followed for a period of three months. Daily retrospective interviews about their time use were conducted, covering 1182 person-days of observation. Total time use of the sample population was assessed as well as time use stratified by managerial position. Differences of time use over ti

SUBMITTER: Bonenberger M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4465977 | biostudies-literature | 2015

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature