For Better Quality and More Integrated Primary Health Care Services through Harnessing the Private Sector in Sindh Province : Options Paper

Achieving universal health coverage (UHC) in Pakistan, as in most countries, will require strengthened collaboration between the public and private sectors, as the public sector often does not have the flexibility nor the fiscal space to grow servi...

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Main Author: World Bank Group
Format: Policy Note
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2019
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/151701561102714545/For-Better-Quality-and-More-Integrated-PHC-Services-through-Harnessing-the-Private-Sector-in-Sindh-Province-Options-Paper
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spelling okr-10986-320052021-05-25T09:25:40Z For Better Quality and More Integrated Primary Health Care Services through Harnessing the Private Sector in Sindh Province : Options Paper World Bank Group PRIMARY HEALTH CARE PRIVATE HEALTH CARE PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP UNIVERSAL HEALTH COVERAGE HEALTH SERVICE DELIVERY HEALTH EXPENDITURE Achieving universal health coverage (UHC) in Pakistan, as in most countries, will require strengthened collaboration between the public and private sectors, as the public sector often does not have the flexibility nor the fiscal space to grow service delivery capacity at sufficient pace and quality. However, successful partnering with the private sector through various forms of contracting and service agreements including public-private partnerships (PPPs), requires the appropriate analysis and identification of the gaps in service provision. To that end, this study aims to assist the government of Sindh (GoS) in identifying opportunities to engage the private health sector more effectively, to help provide affordable, quality primary health care (PHC) services to the urban poor whilst also creating evidence for the better integration of the private health sector in health service delivery. As part of the initial phase of this advisory work, and operating within a limited time-frame and funding environment, this policy note presents the initial set of observations and recommendations, based on the information collected via questionnaires and informant interviews, as well as secondary data or existing studies. 2019-07-01T21:09:07Z 2019-07-01T21:09:07Z 2019-06-01 Policy Note http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/151701561102714545/For-Better-Quality-and-More-Integrated-PHC-Services-through-Harnessing-the-Private-Sector-in-Sindh-Province-Options-Paper http://hdl.handle.net/10986/32005 English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work Economic & Sector Work :: Policy Note South Asia Pakistan
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topic PRIMARY HEALTH CARE
PRIVATE HEALTH CARE
PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP
UNIVERSAL HEALTH COVERAGE
HEALTH SERVICE DELIVERY
HEALTH EXPENDITURE
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PRIVATE HEALTH CARE
PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP
UNIVERSAL HEALTH COVERAGE
HEALTH SERVICE DELIVERY
HEALTH EXPENDITURE
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For Better Quality and More Integrated Primary Health Care Services through Harnessing the Private Sector in Sindh Province : Options Paper
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Pakistan
description Achieving universal health coverage (UHC) in Pakistan, as in most countries, will require strengthened collaboration between the public and private sectors, as the public sector often does not have the flexibility nor the fiscal space to grow service delivery capacity at sufficient pace and quality. However, successful partnering with the private sector through various forms of contracting and service agreements including public-private partnerships (PPPs), requires the appropriate analysis and identification of the gaps in service provision. To that end, this study aims to assist the government of Sindh (GoS) in identifying opportunities to engage the private health sector more effectively, to help provide affordable, quality primary health care (PHC) services to the urban poor whilst also creating evidence for the better integration of the private health sector in health service delivery. As part of the initial phase of this advisory work, and operating within a limited time-frame and funding environment, this policy note presents the initial set of observations and recommendations, based on the information collected via questionnaires and informant interviews, as well as secondary data or existing studies.
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title For Better Quality and More Integrated Primary Health Care Services through Harnessing the Private Sector in Sindh Province : Options Paper
title_short For Better Quality and More Integrated Primary Health Care Services through Harnessing the Private Sector in Sindh Province : Options Paper
title_full For Better Quality and More Integrated Primary Health Care Services through Harnessing the Private Sector in Sindh Province : Options Paper
title_fullStr For Better Quality and More Integrated Primary Health Care Services through Harnessing the Private Sector in Sindh Province : Options Paper
title_full_unstemmed For Better Quality and More Integrated Primary Health Care Services through Harnessing the Private Sector in Sindh Province : Options Paper
title_sort for better quality and more integrated primary health care services through harnessing the private sector in sindh province : options paper
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2019
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/151701561102714545/For-Better-Quality-and-More-Integrated-PHC-Services-through-Harnessing-the-Private-Sector-in-Sindh-Province-Options-Paper
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