Tools for Public–Private Collaboration in Health

This manual goes beyond traditional guidelines on cost analysis by providing practical options to overcome real-life challenges associated with costing in low- and middle-income countries. These challenges include resource

This volume provides step-by-step guidelines for developing appropriate and effective payment systems for health purchasers in low- and middle-income countries. It is dedicated to helping countries understand how to pay providers

This process-orientated guide is intended for organizations working with private health care providers, as well as for health financing experts. It provides technical guidance, templates, and practical country examples for

This approach has a structured, indicator-based methodology for comprehensive assessment of a country’s health system. It synthesizes information—from document reviews, in-country stakeholder interviews, and site visits—to

This tool assesses a country’s readiness to implement public-private partnerships (PPPs). The tools help determine which areas require change or improvement by reviewing the PPP environment and comparing it to global best practice

This is a rapid diagnostic instrument (multi-stakeholder survey) for identifying practical policy opportunities in the health system to improve the relationship between health financing and primary health care (PHC) efforts. It

Software for a web platform for storing and browsing the location and capabilities of medical facilities. It can provide useful contextual information on whether private providers exist where government wants to partner with them

This document serves as a simple guide and provides a toolkit for conducting a rapid health systems integration assessment for public-private engagement. This tool can help users to understand potential pathways or barriers for

In response to COVID-19, WHO advises governments to take a whole-of-government and whole-of-society approach to their response efforts. This approach should include drawing on the capacities and resources of the private health

Drawing on private sector resources is critical as, in many countries, it is a dominant provider of health services, including for the poor. One important tool for increasing capacity in this way is contracting. This primer offers

This document offers guidance on assessing how a country regulates the private health sector and producing a report that offers helpful insights and recommendations. It discusses research methodology and details an eight-step

This guidebook offers readers (government an public sector organizations) a guide for the development of a public-private partnership (PPP) in hospital management through six simple, customizable steps. While this guidebook is

The tools presented in this report help readers design strategies and approaches for engaging the private sector in a health system. Topics are organized into five modules outlining specific activities that can expand and tighten

This handbook makes available practical guidance and advice to stakeholders who want to build and maintain public-private dialogue (PPD). It explains the rationale and guiding principles behind PPD, then goes into detail with