To what extent does recurrent government health expenditure in Uganda reflect its policy priorities?

Table 1 Example of the Health Sector Budget structure

FY 2007/08 Out-turn
SECTOR/VOTE HEALTH		Wage	Non-Wage Recurrent	Domestic Dev	Donor Project
14	Health	2.86	42.78	19.62
107	Uganda Aids Commission (Statutory)	0.69	0.63	1.51
134	Health Service Commission	0.45	1.25	0.04
151	Uganda Blood Transfusion Service (UBTS)	0.84	0.85
161	Mulago Hospital Complex	12.42	17.16	1.32
162	Butabika Hospital	1.58	1.8	6.8
163-173	Regional Referral Hospitals	16.93	8.82
501-850	NGO subvention		15.93
501-850	District Primary Health Care	78.9	19.85	6.31
501-850	General Hospitals		9.61
	SUB-TOTAL HEALTH	114.66	118.7	35.6

Source: MFPED, Estimates of revenue and expenditure (recurrent and development) FY 2007/08. 2008, Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development: Kampala, Uganda.

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