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Accessibility To The Health Care System
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CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
Kenya has a massively growing population but more than
half of its population makes up the majority poor (Tumbo-Oeri, 2000).
People living under the poverty line do not have enough earnings for
their basic needs, food, water and shelter. They are therefore the
people who rely most on government subsidies for health care.
Unfortunately, they face many barriers in accessing health care and
usually end up receiving poorer services than the minority rich
population.
The Ministry of Health, MOH is the main organization that
heads the Kenyan health care system. It gives the stipulations of
health care and plays a big role in making the rules of the health care
personnel. There are three main sectors of health care: the public
sector which represents all government owned health care facilities, the
private sector which collaborates private individuals and institutions
and the non-profit making organ-izations which include organizations
like churches which form health care facilities that are
non-profit-making.
There are about 4, 700 health care facilities in
Kenya that cater to the population of 44 million residents. The public
sector serves more than half the citizens of Kenya and ac-counts for
about 51% of all health care needs. The reason it takes precedence over
the private sector is that more residents of Kenya can afford care at
the government owned health care facilities as the prices are greatly
subsidized and some services are offered free in public health care
facilities. The main national referral hospitals in the country are the
Kenyatta National Hospital, in Nairobi and the Moi Referral and Teaching
Hos-pital in Eldoret, all of which are government-owned structures.
This paper focuses on the government-owned health care facilities
(public sector).
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ABSRACT - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]Kenya has a population of approximately 44 million people. Health services are provided through a network of over 4,700 health facilities countrywide, with the public sector ac-counting for about 51% of these facilities. The best quality of care is found at the national referral hospitals, which provide diagnostic, therapeutic and rehabilitative services. Kenya spent 5.1% of its Gross Domestic Product (GDP) on healthcare in 2002. Life expectancy is also on the decline. In 2006, the child mortali ... Continue reading---
