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ArticleGlobal advances in health and medicine2021

The Relationship Between Market Environment Dimensions and Availability of Malaria Pills in Uganda.

Pross Nagitta Oluka, Marcia Mkansi, George William Kajjumba

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Article in Global advances in health and medicine, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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3 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Pross Nagitta OlukaDepartment of Economics and Managerial Sciences, Uganda Management Institute, Kampala, Uganda.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1664-3145
Marcia MkansiDepartment of Operations Management, University of South Africa, Pretoria, South Africa.
George William KajjumbaDepartment of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Construction, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Nevada.
Uganda Management Institute · UGUniversity of Nevada, Las Vegas · USUniversity of South Africa · ZA

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionThis study sought to examine the contribution of relationship building (in terms of collaboration, information sharing and supply chain interdependence) on the availability of malaria treatment pills in public hospitals in Sub-Saharan Africa using data from Uganda.

methodsBy means of a cross-sectional survey research design, the study used a questionnaire strategy to collect quantitative data. Out of the 320 questionnaires that were distributed in 40 public hospitals, 283 were answered and returned, which yielded an 88% response rate. Structural equation modelling (SEM) was used to establish the relationship between measured variables and latent constructs.

resultsDrawing on the survey results, the confirmatory factor analysist and the Structural Equation Modelling clearly demonstrate that relationship building (in terms of collaboration, information sharing and supply chain interdependence) significantly influences the availability of Artemisinin-based combination therapies in public general hospitals in Uganda.

conclusionPolicy-makers should focus on developing cheaper information technology tools to exchange information regarding stock levels, forecasting, quantification, orders, and dispensing. This study developed a measurement model for an inter-hospital relationship, using relational view theory, and it employs dimensions in terms of information sharing and supply chain interdependence to predict and explain the availability of malaria pills in government hospitals.

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AMOScollaboration partnershipsinformation sharingmalaria drugpublic healthstructural equation modelingsupply chain

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