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Is Private Health Care the Answer to the Health Problems of the World's Poor?

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  • Kara Hanson
  • Lucy Gilson
  • Catherine Goodman
  • Anne Mills
  • Richard Smith
  • Richard Feachem
  • Neelam Sekhri Feachem
  • Tracey Perez Koehlmoos
  • Heather Kinlaw

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: The global burden of disease falls disproportionately upon the world's low-income countries, which are often struggling with weak health systems. Both the public and private sector deliver health care in these countries, but the appropriate role for each of these sectors in health system strengthening remains controversial. This debate examines whether the private sector should step up its involvement in the health systems of low-income countries. This Debate examines whether the private sector should step up its involvement in the health systems of low-income countries.

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  • Kara Hanson & Lucy Gilson & Catherine Goodman & Anne Mills & Richard Smith & Richard Feachem & Neelam Sekhri Feachem & Tracey Perez Koehlmoos & Heather Kinlaw, 2008. "Is Private Health Care the Answer to the Health Problems of the World's Poor?," PLOS Medicine, Public Library of Science, vol. 5(11), pages 1-5, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pmed00:0050233
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0050233
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    1. Ayako Honda & Amarech Obse, 2020. "Payment Arrangements for Private Healthcare Purchasing Under Publicly Funded Systems in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Issues and Implications," Applied Health Economics and Health Policy, Springer, vol. 18(6), pages 811-823, December.
    2. Gordon Dugle & Stephen Debar Kpinpuo & Benjamin Baisie Ghartey, 2021. "From paper to practice: an exploratory study of policy making and implementation in alternative forms of healthcare public‐private partnership in Ghana," International Journal of Health Planning and Management, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 36(3), pages 866-884, May.
    3. Julia Ngozi Chukwuma, 2023. "Implementing Health Policy in Nigeria: The Basic Health Care Provision Fund as a Catalyst for Achieving Universal Health Coverage?," Development and Change, International Institute of Social Studies, vol. 54(6), pages 1480-1503, November.
    4. Victoria Pattison de Menil & Martin Knapp & David McDaid & Frank Gitau Njenga, 2014. "Service Use, Charge, and Access to Mental Healthcare in a Private Kenyan Inpatient Setting: The Effects of Insurance," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 9(3), pages 1-7, March.

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