Browsing MBA-HCM Theses and Dissertations (2018) by Title
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Assessing factors influencing the uptake of the health insurance subsidy program: a case of Turkana Central Sub county in Kenya
(Strathmore University, 2018)The attainment of universal health coverage is a top global priority as advanced by WHO and member countries, including Kenya. Social health insurance schemes, like the Health Insurance Subsidy for the Poor serve as one ... -
Assessing out of pocket costs and the incidence of catastrophic expenditures among chronic disease households in Kenya
(Strathmore University, 2018)Universal Health Coverage (UHC) is among the global goals pursued by the Kenyan government. Currently, the country faces the burden of communicable diseases, chronic diseases and non-communicable diseases. To develop ... -
Assessing pharmaceutical commodity supply chain management challenges in Busia County
(Strathmore University, 2018)Pharmaceuticals together with salaries consume 60-80% of the health budgets of most counties in Kenya, therefore improving performance of the pharmaceutical commodity supply chain is one of the key activities aimed at ... -
Assessing service availability before and after the introduction of free maternity services at the Pumwani maternity Hospital
(Strathmore University, 2018)Maternal health is the state of health of women during pregnancy, childbirth and the postpartum period. The Kenyan government introduced free maternal healthcare services in June 2013 to address the high maternal mortality ... -
Assessing the effect of devolution on the number of healthcare workers in hardship areas: a case study of doctors, clinical officers, nurses and specialists in Wajir County
(Strathmore University, 2018)Kenya has had shortage of healthcare workers since independence, but this picture is worse in the hardship areas as majority of these workers tend to concentrate in urban areas. The Constitution of Kenya 2010 devolved ... -
Assessment of data quality of an EMR system, and the effect of CD4 guideline change and patient escort on time to linkage to and retention in ART: a study at Kiambu County Referral Hospital
(Strathmore University, 2018)Kiambu County Referral Hospital adopted electronic medical records in the HIV clinic for longitudinal follow up of patients enrolled in care. The hospital also implemented CD4 guideline changes on antiretroviral therapy ... -
An assessment of factors influencing patient safety incident reporting in the inpatient department at the Gertrude’s children Hospital in Nairobi,Kenya
(Strathmore University, 2018)The main purpose of the study was to establish the factors influencing the reporting Patient safety incidents at Gertrude’s Children hospital. The study employed a Descriptive mixed method with both quantitative and ... -
Assessment of students’ perception of the MBA healthcare management program at Strathmore University
(Strathmore University, 2018)There is a need for healthcare workers to acquire managerial and leadership skills for their training to be relevant to the needs of the country and the community they serve. The main challenge is lack of leadership and ... -
An Assessment of the implementation of the East African pooled procurement mechanism among faith-based medicines supply organizations
(Strathmore University, 2018)The East African region has a significant burden of communicable and noncommunicable diseases, yet patients have low access to essential medicines and medical supplies. Some of the barriers to accessing medicines are high ... -
An Assessment of the implementation of the Free Maternal Services in Murang’a County Referral Hospital
(2018)This study aimed to establish the trends of utilization of FMS services at Murang’a County Referral Hospital between 2013 and 2017, to assess the readiness of the hospital to offer FMS and to explore the contextual factors ... -
An assessment of the state of public healthcare governance in Tana river County, Kenya
(Strathmore University, 2018)There are six (6) building blocks in the health systems, namely health service delivery, health information systems, healthcare financing, health workforce, medical technologies and products and health leadership and ... -
Bedside rationing by frontline healthcare workers: a case study of St.Francis community Hospital
(Strathmore University, 2018)Studies on bedside rationing in developing countries such as Kenya are scanty. Bedside rationing entails implicit or explicit withholding of essential healthcare services from clients. The existing literature on bedside ... -
Determinants of client loyalty amongst outpatients at the Meridian Equator Hospital
(Strathmore University, 2018)The private health sector continues to grow exponentially across low- and middle-income countries such as Kenya, which has caused increased competition. This creates a strong need for understanding client preferences and ... -
Determinants of enrollment and retention of organized members of the informal sector into National Hospital Insurance Fund Nairobi County
(Strathmore University, 2018)The global agenda focus is on how countries can adopt context specific initiatives towards realizing Universal Health Coverage as emphasis by the post 2015 development agenda(United Nations, 2015). The Kenya health financing ... -
Determinants of retention strategies for health care practitioners in public health facilities in Kenya: a case of County Hospitals in Nairobi Kenya
(Strathmore University, 2018)At the heart of each and every health care system, the workforce is central to advancing health. Healthcare is a labour- intensive industry and therefore retention and growth of is important. This study seeks to determine ... -
The effect of hospital accreditation on the job satisfaction of nurses: a case study of Aga Khan University Hospital-Nairobi
(Strathmore University, 2018)Accreditation is an externally administered instrument to promote continuous quality improvement. In July 2013, Aga Khan University Hospital (AKUH)-Nairobi was accredited by the Joint Commission International (JCI). It ... -
The effect of market orientation on business performance: evidence from two private healthcare institutions in Kenya
(Strathmore University, 2018)The relationship between market orientation and business performance has been widely studied by scholars in marketing. Even though these studies have concluded that market orientation leads to better business performance, ... -
Effects of co-payments on utilization of healthcare services at a private out-patient facility: a case study of AAR healthcare Kisumu Out-patient Centre
(Strathmore University, 2018)Rising cost of healthcare is a concern worldwide. In Kenya, this has seen insurance companies report losses despite increase in premiums. In order to control the rising costs, insurance companies have introduced co-payments ... -
Effects of working environment on job satisfaction among physicians in Public Health Sector of Nairobi County
(Strathmore University, 2018)Job satisfaction is the feeling of pleasure and achievement that one experiences in his/her job when they know that their work is worth doing; or the degree to which work gives feeling of pleasure. WHO refers to human ... -
Evaluation of job design and its effect on employee engagement in a private outpatient healthcare provider in Kenya: a case of AAR healthcare Kenya
(Strathmore University, 2018)Engagement has been theorized as one of the key positive outcomes of well-designed jobs. Job design determines how the employee interacts with work on a daily basis and significantly influences the behaviour of the employee. ...
