Key issues relating to decentralization at the provincial level of health management in Cambodia.
The following study was conducted as part of a review of management systems at a Provincial Health Department (Kampong Cham Province) and a National Health Programme (National Immunization Program) in 2002-2003 in Cambodia. The aim of this paper is to identify, analyse and recommend those management system factors that are critical to the success of health management performance, with a particular focus on provincial management. The review has identified critical success factors associated with health management performance at the sub-national level that include a stronger role for effective human resource management in health sector reform, elevation of the status of planning in senior level management, and the development of a more comprehensive and transparent finance system. These success factors will position the provincial level of health management to respond more effectively to the reform challenges of administrative de-concentration and political decentralization that are currently underway across a range of government sectors in Cambodia.
Men
Bunnan
B
Planning and Statistics Unit, Provincial Health Department Kampong Cham Province, Cambodia.
Grundy
John
J
Cane
Jeff
J
Rasmey
Lon Chan
LC
An
Nguon Sim
NS
Soeung
Sann Chan
SC
Jenkinson
Karl
K
Boreland
Marian
M
Maynard
Jim
J
Biggs
Beverley-Ann
BA
D002160:Cambodia; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D011057:Politics