HIV/AIDS Care Provider Choice in Uganda

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 §researchers in the area of HIV/AIDS care, it will be §excellent reading for anyone interested and involved §in HIV/AIDS care service provision.