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Bureaucratic Manacles in Financial Autonomy of Public Hospitals in Pakistan

The Case Study of Allied Hospital, Faisalabad

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Abstract

The objectives of financial autonomy aimed to reduce government commitments in the financing of public hospitals, to increase efficiency in hospital operations, contain costs, and raise the quality of care. The present survey study of Allied Hospital Faisalabad explores that bureaucratic manacles in financial autonomy of these public hospitals end up in creating low job satisfaction levels among the employees of the hospitals. The dissatisfaction among Doctors, Nurses, Paramedical Staff, and Surgeons towards the management of the hospital was observed. , and irregular flows causes low levels of satisfaction in patients towards doctors, nurses and paramedical Staff.

Author Biographies
  1. Ifra Iftikhar, Lahore Leads University

    Chairperson, Department of Mass Communication

  2. Abbas Rashid Butt, Lahore Leads University

    Lecturer, Department of Mass Communication

  3. Sobia Shehzad, Government College University , Faisalabad

    Assistant Professor, Department of Mass Communication

  4. Sohail Riaz, COMSATS University Islamabad

    Assistant Professor, Department of Media Studies

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Iftikhar, I., Butt, A. . R. . ., Shehzad, S., & Riaz, S. (2020). Bureaucratic Manacles in Financial Autonomy of Public Hospitals in Pakistan: The Case Study of Allied Hospital, Faisalabad. International Journal for Innovation Education and Research, 8(5), 238-258. https://doi.org/10.31686/ijier.vol8.iss5.2340