Most countries have pluralistic health systems, where a mix of public and private providers deliver health related goods and services. An important challenge in governing mixed health systems relates to the diversity of characteristics and interests of stakeholders involved. Health systems include a large variety of entities, from public to small not-for-profit providers to large multinational private for-profit companies. Entities respond in very different ways to governments efforts to steer public policy for Universal Health Coverage (UHC) and require a variety of tools and incentives. An inclusive health policy therefore should set out the rationale for private sector engagement and respective roles for the different types of private sector entities, including the means through which this will be achieved. The Country Connector aims at developing technical resources on the development and implementation of national health policies that are inclusive of the different parts of the private sector in health...
The focus of this brief is on strengthening government inclusive health policy to respond to the growth in scope and role of the private sector in health.
This brief aim at understanding policy development and the active role of policy entrepreneurs in the process. Our interest is in relation to the private sector in health and entry points for engagement.
Ownership within the health sector is an important yet neglected policy tool that governments can use to help reach their health system goals. This blog features New Zealand's experience in managing different ownership models to
Effective governance is essential for ensuring that a government's priorities, principles and values are reflected in how a health system works. Effective governance is key to achieving health objectives: from the most
Data generated through routine health information systems (HIS) has strategic, technical, and operational value, serving to provide the information required to translate policy intention and national priorities into health service
This brief delves into the available literature on dual practice, the governance challenges posed by it and the potential policy options and governance tools that can address those challenges.
In Afghanistan, there are four units/departments overseeing the work of the private sector in health. On 14 September 2022 a four-hour virtual workshop took place, in order to: enhance inter-departmental coordination; ensure
This online training module accompanies the JLN Costing of Health Services for Provider Payment manual intended to equip policymakers, policy analysts, and costing practitioners in low- and middle-income countries with technical
