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Blind Optimism Challenging the Myths About Private Health Care in Poor Countries

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There is an urgent need to reassess the arguments used in favour of scaling-up private-sector provision in poor countries. The evidence shows that prioritising this approach is extremely unlikely to deliver health for poor people. Governments and rich country donors must strengthen state capacities to regulate and focus on the rapid expansion of free publicly provided health care, a proven way to save millions of lives worldwide. [OXFAM Briefing Paper]

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  • Anna Marriott, 2009. "Blind Optimism Challenging the Myths About Private Health Care in Poor Countries," Working Papers id:1862, eSocialSciences.
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    1. Neeraj Sood & Nicholas Burger & Joanne Yoong & Dan Kopf & Connor Spreng, 2011. "Firm-Level Perspectives on Public Sector Engagement with Private Healthcare Providers: Survey Evidence from Ghana and Kenya," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 6(11), pages 1-12, November.
    2. Guanfu Fang & Hui Cao, 2020. "State versus private provision: How does China’s market‐oriented reform affect healthcare delivery?," Economics of Transition and Institutional Change, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 28(3), pages 381-411, July.

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    privae health care; public health care; health care; privatisation; institutional capacities; access to health care ; Oxfam; Health Studies;
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