Contracting for Delivering Health

Substantial improvement in the delivery of health services will be necessary to achieve the health-related Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). A review of developing country experience with contracting for health service delivery was undertaken to...

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Main Authors:	Loevinsohn, Benjamin, Harding, April
Format:	Brief
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	ANTENATAL CARE CHILD DEATHS DECISION MAKING DELIVERY OF HEALTH SERVICES DISTRICT HEALTH MANAGEMENT DISTRICT HEALTH MANAGEMENT TEAM DISTRICTS DRUGS HEALTH HEALTH CARE SERVICES HEALTH FACILITY HEALTH MANAGEMENT HEALTH SERVICE HEALTH SERVICES HEALTH SYSTEMS HEALTH WORKERS HOSPITAL CARE IMMUNIZATION IMMUNIZATION COVERAGE INCOME COUNTRIES INFANTS LOW INCOME NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS NUTRITION PRENATAL CARE PRIMARY HEALTH CARE PRIMARY HEALTH CARE SERVICES PRIVATE SECTOR PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC SECTOR RURAL AREAS WORKERS
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/02/6692061/contracting-delivering-health http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11196

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spelling	okr-10986-111962021-04-23T14:02:54Z Contracting for Delivering Health Loevinsohn, Benjamin Harding, April ANTENATAL CARE CHILD DEATHS DECISION MAKING DELIVERY OF HEALTH SERVICES DISTRICT HEALTH MANAGEMENT DISTRICT HEALTH MANAGEMENT TEAM DISTRICTS DRUGS HEALTH HEALTH CARE SERVICES HEALTH FACILITY HEALTH MANAGEMENT HEALTH SERVICE HEALTH SERVICES HEALTH SYSTEMS HEALTH WORKERS HOSPITAL CARE IMMUNIZATION IMMUNIZATION COVERAGE INCOME COUNTRIES INFANTS LOW INCOME NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS NUTRITION PRENATAL CARE PRIMARY HEALTH CARE PRIMARY HEALTH CARE SERVICES PRIVATE SECTOR PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC SECTOR RURAL AREAS WORKERS Substantial improvement in the delivery of health services will be necessary to achieve the health-related Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). A review of developing country experience with contracting for health service delivery was undertaken to examine its effectiveness, determine the extent to which the posited difficulties actually occur in practice, and make recommendations regarding future efforts in contracting. The focus of the review was instances in developing countries of governments contracting with non-state providers (NSPs) to deliver primary health care services including nutrition (but excluding hospital care or ancillary services such as drug procurement and distribution). Based on the success thus far, health services' contracting should be significantly expanded in developing countries as a way of helping achieve the MDGs, and increasing accountability. While the evidence for contracting is reasonably good, future efforts should still include rigorous evaluations to obtain more robust estimates of the effects under various conditions and address unresolved issues, such as the effectiveness of performance bonuses, and means for improving contract management. 2012-08-13T14:25:02Z 2012-08-13T14:25:02Z 2006-02 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/02/6692061/contracting-delivering-health http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11196 English PREM Notes; No. 106 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Brief Publications & Research
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topic	ANTENATAL CARE CHILD DEATHS DECISION MAKING DELIVERY OF HEALTH SERVICES DISTRICT HEALTH MANAGEMENT DISTRICT HEALTH MANAGEMENT TEAM DISTRICTS DRUGS HEALTH HEALTH CARE SERVICES HEALTH FACILITY HEALTH MANAGEMENT HEALTH SERVICE HEALTH SERVICES HEALTH SYSTEMS HEALTH WORKERS HOSPITAL CARE IMMUNIZATION IMMUNIZATION COVERAGE INCOME COUNTRIES INFANTS LOW INCOME NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS NUTRITION PRENATAL CARE PRIMARY HEALTH CARE PRIMARY HEALTH CARE SERVICES PRIVATE SECTOR PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC SECTOR RURAL AREAS WORKERS
spellingShingle	ANTENATAL CARE CHILD DEATHS DECISION MAKING DELIVERY OF HEALTH SERVICES DISTRICT HEALTH MANAGEMENT DISTRICT HEALTH MANAGEMENT TEAM DISTRICTS DRUGS HEALTH HEALTH CARE SERVICES HEALTH FACILITY HEALTH MANAGEMENT HEALTH SERVICE HEALTH SERVICES HEALTH SYSTEMS HEALTH WORKERS HOSPITAL CARE IMMUNIZATION IMMUNIZATION COVERAGE INCOME COUNTRIES INFANTS LOW INCOME NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS NUTRITION PRENATAL CARE PRIMARY HEALTH CARE PRIMARY HEALTH CARE SERVICES PRIVATE SECTOR PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC SECTOR RURAL AREAS WORKERS Loevinsohn, Benjamin Harding, April Contracting for Delivering Health
relation	PREM Notes; No. 106
description	Substantial improvement in the delivery of health services will be necessary to achieve the health-related Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). A review of developing country experience with contracting for health service delivery was undertaken to examine its effectiveness, determine the extent to which the posited difficulties actually occur in practice, and make recommendations regarding future efforts in contracting. The focus of the review was instances in developing countries of governments contracting with non-state providers (NSPs) to deliver primary health care services including nutrition (but excluding hospital care or ancillary services such as drug procurement and distribution). Based on the success thus far, health services' contracting should be significantly expanded in developing countries as a way of helping achieve the MDGs, and increasing accountability. While the evidence for contracting is reasonably good, future efforts should still include rigorous evaluations to obtain more robust estimates of the effects under various conditions and address unresolved issues, such as the effectiveness of performance bonuses, and means for improving contract management.
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author	Loevinsohn, Benjamin Harding, April
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title	Contracting for Delivering Health
title_short	Contracting for Delivering Health
title_full	Contracting for Delivering Health
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title_full_unstemmed	Contracting for Delivering Health
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publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2012
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/02/6692061/contracting-delivering-health http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11196
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