Impact Factor (2025): 6.9
DOI Prefix: 10.47001/IRJIET
This study
sought to investigate the Relationship between fiscal Decentralization and
Primary Health Care Services Delivery in Mbale District. It was guided by three
(3) objectives that included the following; (i) to establish the state of
Relationship between fiscal decentralizationon Primary Health Care Services
Delivery; (ii) To identify the extent of Primary Health Care Services Delivery;
(iii) To establish whether there is a significance relationship between
Relationship between fiscal decentralization and Primary Health Care Services
Delivery in Mbale district. It was guided by three sampling techniques:
stratified sampling, purposive sampling and simple random sampling. A
descriptive correlation design was adopted. A researcher made a self-administered
questionnaire was administered and interview guides from respondents. Purposive
and random sampling procedures were employed.
Percentages and frequencies were used to analyze categorical data.
Pearson Product moment Correlation was used to find levels and significant
relationships, Regression analysis was used to find the effect of Relationship
between fiscal decentralisation on Primary Health Care Services Delivery. The findings indicates that (39.2%) of the
respondents were between the ages of 21-29 years. For gender it was revealed
that (70.0%) were males and (30.0%) were females. the findings shows that
majority of the respondents (47.5%) were married, majority of the respondents
(36.7%) have Bachelor’s Degree. working experience (27.5%) have worked with the
organization for more than 5years. Thus, the result shows that majority of the
respondents have worked with the organization for more than 5years.the findings
on Relationship between fiscal Decentralization as an independent variable
revealed that Allocating Revenue source (mean=2.77, std=.73681), expenditures
responsibility (mean=2.74, std=.79673), Revenue administration (mean=2.79,
std=.95282), Inter governmental transfer (mean=2.77, std= .89644) with the
overall mean of 2.76. the findings on Primary Health Care Services Delivery
revealed that Accountability for service
delivery (mean= 2.60, std= .53521)
Public Education (mean=2.84, std= .51745) Proper Nutrition (mean=2.74
std=.79095) Clean Water & Sanitation (mean=2.69, std=.75473) Maternal &
Child Health Care (mean= 2.74 std= .79095) Immunization and Local Disease
Control (mean=2.69, std= .75473) Accessible Treatment and Drug Provision (mean=
2.73 std= .78126 ) (mean= 2.72
std=.46278 ) Results show that Primary Health Care Services Delivery was
significantly correlated with Relationship between fiscal Decentralisation (r= 0.773, at Sig=.000). The
results further indicated that the relationship that exists between
Relationship between fiscal Decentralization and Primary Health Care Services
Delivery is positive and significantly correlated, (sig.>0.05). This means
that Relationship between fiscal
Decentralization persuade Primary Health Care Services Delivery and the
failure to decide clear Relationship between fiscal Decentralization well, the less the Primary
Health Care Services Delivery. The Public Choice Theory of James Buchanan and
Gordon Tullock (1969), on which this study was based, were proved right. it is
based on an improved allocation of resources in the public sector. And it has four
basic elements. First, regional or local governments are in a position to adapt
outputs of public services to the preferences and particular circumstances of
their constituencies, as compared to a central solution which presumes that one
size fits all. The in a setting of mobile households, individuals can seek out
jurisdictions that provide outputs well suited to their tastes, thereby
increasing the potential gains from the decentralized provision of public
services (Tiebout 1956). Third, in contrast to the monopolist position of the
central government, decentralized levels of government face competition from
their neighbors; such competition constrains budgetary growth and provides
pressures for the efficient provision of public services. And fourth, decentralization
may encourage experimentation and innovation as individual jurisdictions are
free to adopt new approaches to public policy; in this way, decentralization
can provide a valuable “laboratory” for Relationship between fiscal
experiments. it was recommended that, In order to generate more local resources
sub-national governments should discover more potential sources of revenue for
the district administration, and in line with that the central government
should devolve more tax levying powers to lower tier governments in order to
increase their own sources of revenues, which later will relieve the central
government in form of grants transfers, and also restructuring of resource
allocation and establishment of resource sharing mechanisms should be
re-introduced.
Country : Uganda
IRJIET, Volume 6, Issue 6, June 2022 pp. 149-162