Recent trends in working with the private sector to improve basic healthcare: A review of evidence and interventions

Health Policy and Planning

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 1117-1132

  Montagu, Dominic ^a   Goodman, Catherine ^b   Berman, Peter ^c   Penn, Amy ^a   Visconti, Adam ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Providence Hospital Mobile   (United States)

Author keywords

Contracting; Developing countries; Effectiveness; Efficiency; Equity; Health care; Impact; Private providers; Private sector

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ASIA; CONTRACT; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRIVATE SECTOR; TRENDS;

AFRICA; ASIA; CONTRACTS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HEALTH CARE SECTOR; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; PRIVATE SECTOR;

EID: 84994702027     PISSN: 02681080     EISSN: 14602237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapol/czw018     Document Type: Review

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