Resource Allocation and Performance of Public Hospitals in Montserrado County: A Case of John Fitzgerald Kennedy Medical Centre, Liberia.

This paper has addressed how allocation of resources affects performance of the public hospitals using the example of John F. Kennedy Medical Center in Montserrado County, Liberia. Descriptive research design approach was used to allow a systematic evaluation to take place without interfering with the natural setting. The target population included 214 employees of the hospital, and purposive sampling was used to complement the census approach and justify the efficiency in the progress of the data collection. Primary data was collected using structured questionnaire consisting of open and closed ended questions, and scale used in answering the questions had a five-point likert scale. Analysis of the data included incorporating descriptive measurers like the average and standard error to give a summary of trends, as well as income methods like correlation and regression analysis to build association of variables. Upon research findings, allocation of financial, human, capital, and technological resources seemed to have significant effect to hospital performance, although there are various dimensions that have varying effects to it. Regression analysis-based results showed that the allocation of resources is one of the major indicators of efficiency in operation and results of services delivery. Resting on such findings, the research proposes a more calculated, balanced, and needs-connected distribution of resources in order to gain the optimum output in state medical establishments. Such insights can have real-life implications in the context of better hospital administrators and policymakers striving to have better healthcare systems by managing all the resources efficiently.

Organisational resources, Strategy implementation, Organisational performance

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