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Financing and purchasing mechanisms of primary health care in Southeast Asia region: Findings from a scoping review.

open access: yesSSM Health Syst
Mon HM   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Stewardship as a Fundamental Challenge in Strategic Purchasing of Health Services: A Case Study of Iran

Value in Health Regional Issues, 2019
To understand the stewardship challenges in strategic purchasing of health care in Iran's health system from the viewpoints of experts, policy makers, and decision makers.This was a qualitative study.Researchers used interviews and FGDs for collecting and framework analysis for analyzing data.Stewardship challenges were classified into three themes and
Djavad Ghoddoosi-Nejad   +2 more
exaly   +3 more sources

Able to purchase? Agency problems in China's social health insurance system and the pitfalls of third‐party strategic purchasing

open access: yesThe International Journal of Health Planning and Management, 2018
SummaryThe notion of strategic purchasing has gained increasing currency in the global health policy discourse. It is believed that an active prudent purchaser is able to act in the best interest of both government and consumers as a third party negotiating with providers for cost‐effective care. It would be wrong, however, to assume that the formation
Kai Liu, Alex Jingwei He
openaire   +4 more sources

Strategic Health Purchasing and Health System Performance in Nigeria

International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science, 2022
Purchasing has been adopted by many countries as a mechanism to achieve greater efficiency and improved responsiveness of services to patient demands. This study examined the effects of strategic health purchasing on health system performance in Nigeria. The data for the study was collected using a purposive sampling survey in the Akure metropolis. The
Saheed O. Olayiwola, Francis O. Adeyemi
openaire   +1 more source

Designing a pragmatic model for strategic purchasing of health services in health insurance companies

International Journal of Health Governance, 2019
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to identify the most important factors for strategic purchasing of health services in the health sector by the Iran Health Insurance Company and to provide an applicable model for other similar organizations in developing countries.
Aziz Rezapour   +6 more
openaire   +3 more sources

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