Browsing School of Health Sciences (Health-Sciences) by Issue Date "2002"

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Citywide trauma experience in Kampala, Uganda: a call for intervention

Kobusingye, O.C; Guwatudde, D.; Owor, G; Lett, R.R (BMJ Publishing Group, 2002)

Objectives: To describe injuries and their emergency care at five city hospitals. Setting: Data were collected between January and December 1998 from casualty departments of the five largest hospitals of Kampala city, ...
Towards improving hospital performance in Uganda and Zambia: reflections and opportunities for autonomy

Kara, Hanson; Atuyambe, Lynn; Kamwanga, Jolly; McPake, Barbara; Ssengooba, Freddie (Elsevier, 2002)

Hospitals have been relatively neglected although their high resource consumption implies that gains from improving the services they deliver may be substantial. Nevertheless, the challenges posed by hospital reforms are ...
What could be achieved with greater public hospital autonomy? Comparison of public and PNFP hospitals in Uganda.

Seangooba, Freddie; Atuyambe, Lynn; McPake, Barbara; Hanson, Kara; Okuonzi, Sam (Wiley InterScience, 2002)

The policy of hospital autonomy has been discussed for some time in Uganda. There is little evidence from Uganda or elsewhere that increased autonomy will improve hospital performance. This article compares the performance ...