RESEARCH ARTICLE Perceptions and Attitudes of Health Professionals in Kenya on National Health Care Resource Allocation Mechanisms: A Structural Equation Modeling

Background Health care resource allocation is key towards attaining equity in the health system. Howev-er, health professionals ’ perceived impact and attitude towards health care resource alloca-tion in Sub-Saharan Africa is unknown; furthermore, they occupy a position which makes them notice the impact of different policies in their health system. This study explored per-ceptions and attitudes of health professionals in Kenya on health care resource allocation mechanism. Method We conducted a survey of a representative sample of 341 health professionals in Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital from February to April 2012, consisting of over 3000 em-ployees. We assessed health professionals ’ perceived impact and attitudes on health care resource allocation mechanism in Kenya. We used structural equation modeling and ap-plied a Confirmatory Factor Analysis using Robust Maximum Likelihood estimation proce-dure to test the hypothesized model