HIV/AIDS Care Provider Choice in Uganda

HIV/AIDS Care Provider Choice in Uganda
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276
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9783639080612
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An understanding of how HIV/AIDS care providers are selected is a pre-requisite for enlightened HIV/AIDS care policy. Using micro-level data from a sample of 986 people living with HIV/AIDS in Uganda, this book examines the factors that affect the choice of provider for in-patient and out-patient HIV/AIDS care services. The findings indicated that price was an important factor in the choice of provider for in- patient and out-patient HIV/AIDS care services. Another important finding of the study was that the perceived quality of care had significant effects on the selection of a health care provider. The findings also highlighted the crucial role of household and patient-specific characteristics in influencing the choice of provider for HIV/AIDS care services. The results indicated that age, gender, education, wealth, employment status and severity of illness played important roles in HIV/AIDS-care seeking behaviour. Though this book will be particularly relevant to policy makers and...

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