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Figure 3 Absence rates among health workers in selected
countries
Health staff
Bangladesh
(2004)
India (2003)
India (Udaipur*)
(2004)
Indonesia
Papua New
Guinea (2000)
Honduras (2001)
Dominican
Republic †
Mozambique
(2003)
Uganda (2004)
All MDs
Health staff
Large rural centres
Rural clinics
Health staff
Health staff
Health staff
Health staff
Health staff
Rural MDs
Hospital
MDs
Uganda (1997)
Rural MDs
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100
*Udaipur district, Rajasthan, India. †Santo Dominigo hospital, Dominican Republic.
Source: Chaudhury and Hammer (2005); Chaudhury et al. (2004); Banerjee and Duflo (2005);
Kushnarova (2005); McPake et al. (1999); Lewis, La Forgia and Sulvetta (1996)
receive a salary but provide minimal if any services. This is effectively
theft, a form of “public office for private gain.”
Capturing the extent of absenteeism among public service staff
is made difficult by the lack of or incomplete nature of staff attendance
records. Various alternatives have been applied to examine
the issue including perceptions of other providers (DiTella and
Savedoff, 2001).
Figure 3 compares absenteeism rates for studies that report such