Working for God? Evaluating Service Delivery of Religious Not-for-Profit Health Care Providers in Uganda
Reinikka and Svensson exploit a unique micro-level data set on primary health care facilities in Uganda to address the question: What motivates religious not-for-profit (RNP) health care providers? The authors use two approaches to identify whether...
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okr-10986-181832021-04-23T14:03:41Z Working for God? Evaluating Service Delivery of Religious Not-for-Profit Health Care Providers in Uganda Reinikka, Ritva Svensson, Jakob PRIMARY HEALTH CARE HEALTH CARE RESOURCES MEDICAL EQUIPMENT MALARIA SOCIAL SERVICES EDUCATION SECTOR RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS CHARITIES POOR NEIGHBORHOODS FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE BEDS CERTIFICATION CITIES CLINICS COMMUNITIES DEATHS DISPENSARIES DISTRICTS DOCTORS EQUILIBRIUM FIXED ASSETS HEALTH CARE HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS HEALTH CARE PROVISION HEALTH CARE SECTOR HEALTH CENTERS HEALTH FACILITIES HEALTH INDICATORS HEALTH NEEDS HEALTH PROVIDERS HEALTH SECTOR HEALTH SERVICES HIGH FERTILITY HOSPITAL PATIENTS HOSPITALS IMMUNIZATION INCOME INFANT MORTALITY INFANT MORTALITY RATE INPATIENT CARE MALARIA MARGINAL COST MEDICAL PERSONNEL MORTALITY NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS NURSING OUTPATIENT CARE PARENTS PATIENTS PHARMACIES PHYSICIANS POLICY RESEARCH PRIMARY HEALTH CARE PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC SECTOR SCHOOLS SERVICE DELIVERY SOCIAL RESEARCH SOCIAL SERVICES URBAN AREAS WORKERS FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE BEDS Reinikka and Svensson exploit a unique micro-level data set on primary health care facilities in Uganda to address the question: What motivates religious not-for-profit (RNP) health care providers? The authors use two approaches to identify whether an altruistic (religious) effect exists in the data. First, examining cross-section variation, they show that RNP facilities hire qualified medical staff below the market wage, are more likely to provide propoor services and services with a public good element, and charge lower prices for services than for-profit facilities, although they provide a similar (observable) quality of care. RNP and for-profit facilities both provide better quality care than their government counterparts, although government facilities have better equipment. These findings are consistent with the view that RNP facilities are driven in part by altruistic concerns and that these preferences matter quantitatively. Second, the authors exploit a near natural experiment in which the government initiated a program of financial aid for the RNP sector. They show that financial aid leads to more laboratory testing of suspected malaria and intestinal worm cases, and hence higher quality of service and lower prices, but only in RNP facilities. The findings suggest that working for God matters. 2014-05-05T20:59:39Z 2014-05-05T20:59:39Z 2003-05 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/05/2384817/working-god-evaluating-service-delivery-religious-not-for-profit-health-care-providers-uganda http://hdl.handle.net/10986/18183 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 3058 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research Africa Uganda |
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PRIMARY HEALTH CARE HEALTH CARE RESOURCES MEDICAL EQUIPMENT MALARIA SOCIAL SERVICES EDUCATION SECTOR RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS CHARITIES POOR NEIGHBORHOODS FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE BEDS CERTIFICATION CITIES CLINICS COMMUNITIES DEATHS DISPENSARIES DISTRICTS DOCTORS EQUILIBRIUM FIXED ASSETS HEALTH CARE HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS HEALTH CARE PROVISION HEALTH CARE SECTOR HEALTH CENTERS HEALTH FACILITIES HEALTH INDICATORS HEALTH NEEDS HEALTH PROVIDERS HEALTH SECTOR HEALTH SERVICES HIGH FERTILITY HOSPITAL PATIENTS HOSPITALS IMMUNIZATION INCOME INFANT MORTALITY INFANT MORTALITY RATE INPATIENT CARE MALARIA MARGINAL COST MEDICAL PERSONNEL MORTALITY NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS NURSING OUTPATIENT CARE PARENTS PATIENTS PHARMACIES PHYSICIANS POLICY RESEARCH PRIMARY HEALTH CARE PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC SECTOR SCHOOLS SERVICE DELIVERY SOCIAL RESEARCH SOCIAL SERVICES URBAN AREAS WORKERS FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE BEDS |
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PRIMARY HEALTH CARE HEALTH CARE RESOURCES MEDICAL EQUIPMENT MALARIA SOCIAL SERVICES EDUCATION SECTOR RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS CHARITIES POOR NEIGHBORHOODS FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE BEDS CERTIFICATION CITIES CLINICS COMMUNITIES DEATHS DISPENSARIES DISTRICTS DOCTORS EQUILIBRIUM FIXED ASSETS HEALTH CARE HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS HEALTH CARE PROVISION HEALTH CARE SECTOR HEALTH CENTERS HEALTH FACILITIES HEALTH INDICATORS HEALTH NEEDS HEALTH PROVIDERS HEALTH SECTOR HEALTH SERVICES HIGH FERTILITY HOSPITAL PATIENTS HOSPITALS IMMUNIZATION INCOME INFANT MORTALITY INFANT MORTALITY RATE INPATIENT CARE MALARIA MARGINAL COST MEDICAL PERSONNEL MORTALITY NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS NURSING OUTPATIENT CARE PARENTS PATIENTS PHARMACIES PHYSICIANS POLICY RESEARCH PRIMARY HEALTH CARE PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC SECTOR SCHOOLS SERVICE DELIVERY SOCIAL RESEARCH SOCIAL SERVICES URBAN AREAS WORKERS FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE BEDS Reinikka, Ritva Svensson, Jakob Working for God? Evaluating Service Delivery of Religious Not-for-Profit Health Care Providers in Uganda |
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Reinikka and Svensson exploit a unique
micro-level data set on primary health care facilities in
Uganda to address the question: What motivates religious
not-for-profit (RNP) health care providers? The authors use
two approaches to identify whether an altruistic (religious)
effect exists in the data. First, examining cross-section
variation, they show that RNP facilities hire qualified
medical staff below the market wage, are more likely to
provide propoor services and services with a public good
element, and charge lower prices for services than
for-profit facilities, although they provide a similar
(observable) quality of care. RNP and for-profit facilities
both provide better quality care than their government
counterparts, although government facilities have better
equipment. These findings are consistent with the view that
RNP facilities are driven in part by altruistic concerns and
that these preferences matter quantitatively. Second, the
authors exploit a near natural experiment in which the
government initiated a program of financial aid for the RNP
sector. They show that financial aid leads to more
laboratory testing of suspected malaria and intestinal worm
cases, and hence higher quality of service and lower prices,
but only in RNP facilities. The findings suggest that
working for God matters. |
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Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper |
| author |
Reinikka, Ritva Svensson, Jakob |
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Reinikka, Ritva Svensson, Jakob |
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Reinikka, Ritva |
| title |
Working for God? Evaluating Service Delivery of Religious Not-for-Profit Health Care Providers in Uganda |
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Working for God? Evaluating Service Delivery of Religious Not-for-Profit Health Care Providers in Uganda |
| title_full |
Working for God? Evaluating Service Delivery of Religious Not-for-Profit Health Care Providers in Uganda |
| title_fullStr |
Working for God? Evaluating Service Delivery of Religious Not-for-Profit Health Care Providers in Uganda |
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Working for God? Evaluating Service Delivery of Religious Not-for-Profit Health Care Providers in Uganda |
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working for god? evaluating service delivery of religious not-for-profit health care providers in uganda |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2014 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/05/2384817/working-god-evaluating-service-delivery-religious-not-for-profit-health-care-providers-uganda http://hdl.handle.net/10986/18183 |
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