Burden of COVID-19 on healthcare service delivery on the tamale teaching hospital in Ghana
1 Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Ghana Medical School, Accra, Ghana.
2 Central administration, Tamale Teaching Hospital Tamale, Ghana.
3 Research Unit, Tamale Teaching Hospital Tamale, Ghana.
4 Infectious Disease Centre, Tamale Teaching Hospital Tamale, Ghana.
5 Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University for Development Studies. Tamale, Ghana.
6 Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Ghana Medical School, Accra, Ghana.
Review Article
World Journal of Advanced Research and Reviews, 2023, 17(01), 610-614
Article DOI: 10.30574/wjarr.2023.17.1.0040
Publication history:
Received on 01 December 2022; revised on 09 January 2023; accepted on 12 January 2023
Abstract:
The COVID-19 pandemic created global crises on almost every facet of the global economy, most especially on medical logistics.
The purpose of the study was to determine the effects of the pandemic on the Tamale Teaching Hospital’s healthcare resource management and utilization.
The study compared data on the hospital utilization by clients by reviewing a three-month data before COVID-19 and three months data after the hospital started recording COVID-19 cases.
Findings revealed that on the advent of COVID-19 in the hospital, patients’ admission figures declined by 21% bringing down the revenue generation by 31%. However, the value of logistics and supply chain increased by 35.72%, reflecting in the hospital’s expenditure that went up by 44.8%. The COVID-19 pandemic left the Tamale Teaching Hospital with a ballooned expenditure and a disruption of the health service delivery.
Keywords:
COVID-19; Revenue; Expenditure; Supply chain; Staffing norms
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