Objective This proposal brings together economic expertise from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine social science expertise from the Royal Tropical Institute, Amsterdam and expertise in sociology, political economy and public health from the Makerere Institute of Social Research, Kampala. In Uganda, user charges are being introduced in lower level health facilities in a piecemeal manner. Health workers' salaries are currently extremely low. It is widely reported that health workers supplement these using a number of methods including informal charges, private health sector activities and economic activities outside the health sector altogether. The hypothesis of this study is that the formal introduction of user charges will affect health workers economic behaviour and in turn the system of health service delivery. The study aims to provide a descriptive account of health worker behaviour in charging and non-charging districts and to assess the determinants of such behaviour and the implications of the introduction of charges. Fields of science medical and health scienceshealth sciencestropical medicinesocial sciencessociologymedical and health scienceshealth sciencespublic healthsocial scienceseconomics and businesseconomicspolitical economy Programme(s) FP3-STD 3 - Specific research and technological development programme (EEC) in the field of the life sciences and technologies for developing countries, 1990-1994 Topic(s) Data not available Call for proposal Data not available Funding Scheme CSC - Cost-sharing contracts Coordinator London School of Hygiene and TropicalMedicine EU contribution No data Address Keppel Street WC1E 7HT London United Kingdom See on map Total cost No data Participants (2) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all Makerere University Uganda EU contribution No data Address Wandegeya Kampala See on map Total cost No data ROYAL TROPICAL INSTITUTE Netherlands EU contribution No data Address 63,Mauritskade 63 1092 AD AMSTERDAM See on map Total cost No data
