RESUMEN
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, Ghanaian veterinarians are generally wary of the government's on-going privatization process. The objective of this study was 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% (121/145) and 92% (35/38) for Ghana and Jamaica, respectively. There was a very good (92%) 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 to go into private practice. The need to account for these other reasons is discussed.
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Actitud del Personal de Salud , Atención a la Salud/organización & administración , Privatización , Veterinarios/psicología , Medicina Veterinaria/organización & administración , Animales , Atención a la Salud/tendencias , Ghana , Humanos , Jamaica , Encuestas y Cuestionarios , Medicina Veterinaria/tendencias , Carga de TrabajoRESUMEN
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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21003 , Estudio Comparativo , Humanos , Actitud del Personal de Salud , Atención a la Salud/organización & administración , Privatización , Veterinarios/psicología , Medicina Veterinaria/organización & administración , Ghana , Jamaica , Encuestas y Cuestionarios , Carga de Trabajo , Medicina Veterinaria/tendencias , Atención a la Salud/tendenciasRESUMEN
Lack of adequate financing was a major reason for the privatization of veterinary services in Jamaica in 1992. The belief was that, with privatization, funding of animal health services delivery would improve, since staff numbers and clinical activities undertaken by the Veterinary Division were reduced. However, analyses of data revealed that, in most cases, privatization neither improved nor stemmed the declines, that had started before privatization, in the measures or indicators used. It was concluded that privatization of veterinary services did not result in any appreciable improvement in the financing of the delivery of public-sector animal health services in Jamaica in the short term (Au)
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21003 , Animales Domésticos , Privatización/economía , Sector Público/economía , Medicina Veterinaria/economía , Presupuestos/estadística & datos numéricos , Jamaica , Análisis de los Mínimos Cuadrados , Salarios y Beneficios/economía , Privatización/normas , Gastos en Salud/normasRESUMEN
Lack of adequate financing was a major reason for the privatization of veterinary services in Jamaica in 1992. The belief was that, with privatization, funding of animal health services delivery would improve, since staff numbers and clinical activities undertaken by the Veterinary Division were reduced. However, analyses of data revealed that, in most cases, privatization neither improved nor stemmed the declines, that had started before privatization, in the measures or indicators used. It was concluded that privatization of veterinary services did not result in any appreciable improvement in the financing of the delivery of public-sector animal health services in Jamaica in the short term.