FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT AND PERFORMANCE OF HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATIONS IN UGANDA A CASE STUDY OF GGANDA HEALTH CENTRE FOUR IN WAKISO DISTRICT

ABSTRACT

This study examines financial management and the performance of a health care service

organization under three basic objectives and these include: financial management.

performance of health care service originations and establishing the relationship of the two

variables.This study was cross sectional and combined both quantitative and qualitative

approaches in data collection and presentation. A sample of 52 respondents was used to

achieve the set objective. The study found out that, there is a strong financial management

practice at the health care organization as specified under planning, management of assets

and management of revenue and expenditure. Regarding performance, the study established

that cases of stock outs for drugs was experienced although the same study also found out

that the assets of the health service have improved. In addition, patients or care takers agreed

that there is follow tip on patients by health professionals especially when patients are still at

the premises. The study established that, there is a relationship between financial

management in health service Organizations and performance evidenced by the strong

management system and fairly good performance as reported above. The study therefore

recommends that health management committee and other key stakeholders in health sector

to strengthen financial management in health organizations so as to achieve good

performance in this sector of the economy.

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