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Efficacy of public sector audits in the provision of quality healthcare in Ghana

Clement Oppong (Accounting and Finance, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana)
Achille Dargaud Fofack (Business and Economics, Rauf Denktas University, North Cyprus, Cyprus)
Eva Boakye-Yiadom (Accounting and Finance, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana)

Journal of Economic and Administrative Sciences

ISSN: 1026-4116

Article publication date: 19 October 2021

Issue publication date: 20 November 2023

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Abstract

Purpose

This study examines the efficacy of public sector audits in providing quality healthcare in Ghana. Specifically, to ensure whether there are proper and adequate controls in place to enable providers to offer necessary health services efficiently, effectively and equitably.

Design/methodology/approach

A structural equation modeling (SEM) is adopted to analyze the link between public sector audit and healthcare delivery through a survey of directors, accountants, auditors and managers in selected public healthcare institutions for a calculated sample size of 123 respondents.

Findings

The study reveals that internal audit, external audit and audit committee have a positive and significant effect on the effectiveness of public sector audits. In turn, the effectiveness of public sector audit has a positive and significant effect on the quality health services. Audit committee is found to have the largest effect on the effectiveness of public sector audits.

Originality/value

This paper extends the literature on the value of public sector audit by providing empirical evidence from a specific context: the public health sector of a developing country in democratic transition with a common law institutional framework. It also provides insights into the financial management of public health systems in developing countries during the ongoing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.

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Citation

Oppong, C., Fofack, A.D. and Boakye-Yiadom, E. (2023), "Efficacy of public sector audits in the provision of quality healthcare in Ghana", Journal of Economic and Administrative Sciences, Vol. 39 No. 4, pp. 1108-1121. https://doi.org/10.1108/JEAS-03-2021-0045

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Emerald Publishing Limited

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