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Earning improvements: do better staff salaries make a better health service?
Earning improvements: do better staff salaries make a better health service?
Authors:
Wim Van Damme; Bruno Meessen; Medecins sans Frontieres
Publisher:
id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
Despite much effort and donor support, Cambodia's public health service does not yet meet the population's healthcare needs. The health centre and hospital systems function poorly. Faced with low salaries, many health workers have developed 'coping' strategies including informal fees, drug embezzlement and private practice. As a result, patients resort to various forms of private provision including untrained drug vendors.
