Impact Factor (2025): 6.9
DOI Prefix: 10.47001/IRJIET
This study
sought to investigate the 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 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 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 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
show that majority of the respondents (47.5%) were married, majority of the
respondents (36.7%) have Bachelors 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 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 ), Intergovernmental 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
Fiscal Decentralisation (r=0.773, at Sig=.000). The results further indicated that
the relationship that exists between Fiscal Decentralization and Primary Health
Care Services Delivery is positive and significantly correlated,
(sig.>0.05). This means that Fiscal Decentralization persuade Primary Health
Care Services Delivery and the failure to decide clear 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. Second, 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 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. 135-148