Performance of private sector health care: implications for universal health coverage
| Autor: | Tim Ensor, Hugh Waters, Rosemary Morgan |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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Psychological intervention Developing country Health Care Sector Health Services Accessibility 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Universal Health Insurance Health care Medicine Humans 030212 general & internal medicine education Developing Countries Poverty health care economics and organizations education.field_of_study Equity (economics) Public Sector Public economics business.industry 030503 health policy & services Public sector General Medicine Private sector Private Sector 0305 other medical science business Delivery of Health Care |
| ISSN: | 0140-6736 |
| DOI: | 10.17615/3q76-fn30 |
| Popis: | Summary Although the private sector is an important health-care provider in many low-income and middle-income countries, its role in progress towards universal health coverage varies. Studies of the performance of the private sector have focused on three main dimensions: quality, equity of access, and efficiency. The characteristics of patients, the structures of both the public and private sectors, and the regulation of the sector influence the types of health services delivered, and outcomes. Combined with characteristics of private providers—including their size, objectives, and technical competence—the interaction of these factors affects how the sector performs in different contexts. Changing the performance of the private sector will require interventions that target the sector as a whole, rather than individual providers alone. In particular, the performance of the private sector seems to be intrinsically linked to the structure and performance of the public sector, which suggests that deriving population benefit from the private health-care sector requires a regulatory response focused on the health-care sector as a whole. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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