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Designing a strategic purchasing framework for urban primary healthcare services in Bangladesh: a protocol for a mixed-method study with a discrete choice experiment [PDF]

BMJ Open
Introduction Rapid urbanisation in Bangladesh has posed significant challenges to the urban health system, particularly in the delivery of primary healthcare (PHC).
Helen Elsey, Rumana Huque, Zahidul Quayyum, Timothy Ensor, Bryony Dawkins, Fatema Kashfi, Baby Naznin, Farzana Sehrin, Garrett Wallace Brown   +8 more
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Strengthening accountability in strategic health purchasing arrangements for primary health care in Uganda

SSM - Health Systems
Effective Strategic Health Purchasing (SHP) is pivotal for making progress towards the achievement of Universal Health Coverage (UHC), as we implement Primary Health Care (PHC).
Beatrice Namirembe, Brenda Nakimuli, Aloysious Ssennyonjo, Perez Ochanda, Elizabeth Ekirapa, Boniface Mbuthia, Moreen Mwenda, Lizah Nyawira, Joseph Githinji, Richard Ssempala, Chrispus Mayora, Sarah Byakika, Aliyi Walimbwa, Freddie Ssengooba   +13 more
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Analysis of the Situation and Challenges of Strategic Purchasing in order to Achieve Universal Health Coverage in Iran

Majallah-i Dānishgāh-i ̒Ulūm-i Pizishkī-i Qum, 2020
Background and Objectives: Strategic purchasing of health care services is one of the major issues contributing to the enhancement of the performance and reform of healthcare systems across the globe. Traditional (passive) purchasing suffers from serious
Zahra Zarei, Somayeh Hesam, Shaghayegh Vahdat, Alireza Oliaei Manesh   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

A critical analysis of purchasing arrangements in Kenya: the case of micro health insurance

BMC Health Services Research, 2019
Background Strategic purchasing can ensure that financial resources are used in a way that optimally enhances the attainment of health system goals.
Kenneth Munge, Stephen Mulupi, Edwine Barasa, Jane Chuma   +3 more
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Scaling-up strategic purchasing: analysis of health system governance imperatives for strategic purchasing in a free maternal and child healthcare programme in Enugu State, Nigeria [PDF]

BMC Health Services Research, 2018
Background Significant knowledge gaps exist in the functioning of institutional designs and organisational practices in purchasing within free healthcare schemes in low resource countries.
Daniel Chukwuemeka Ogbuabor, Obinna Emmanuel Onwujekwe   +1 more
doaj   +3 more sources

Governance and Purchasing Function under Social Health Insurance in Nepal: Looking Back and Moving Forward

Journal of Nepal Health Research Council, 2017
Nepal is pursuing Social Health Insurance as a way of mobilizing revenues to achieve Universal Health Coverage. The Social Health Insurance governance encourages service providers to maintain quality and efficiency in services provision by practicing ...
Vishnu Prasad Sapkota, Umesh Prasad Bhusal   +1 more
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Pharmaceutical strategic purchasing requirements in Iran: Price interventions and the related effective factors

Journal of Research in Pharmacy Practice, 2016
Objective: Pharmaceutical access for the poor is an essential factor in developing countries that can be improved through strategic purchasing. This study was conducted to identify the elements affecting price in order to enable insurance organizations ...
Peivand Bastani, Rasoul Dinarvand, Mahnaz SamadBeik, Kimia Pourmohammadi   +3 more
doaj   +2 more sources

A critical assessment of strategic health purchasing in Benin's health financing schemes and the implications for universal health coverage

SSM - Health Systems
Several reforms are underway in Benin to improve strategic health purchasing. This study examines th⁠e extent to which purchasing mechanisms in Benin are strategic, highlighting pr⁠ogress made, persistent challenges, and implications for achieving ...
Cossi Xavier Agbeto, Christelle Boyi, Noudéhouénou Credo Adelphe Ahissou, Hashim Hounkpatin, Nihad Jessica Eyitayo Agoligan Tometin, Arsène Yades, Agnes Gatome-Munya, Jean-Paul Dossou   +7 more
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Exploring the roles of players in strategic purchasing for healthcare in Africa – A scoping review [PDF]

, 2023
Following the World Health Organization (WHO) guidance on strategic purchasing in 2000, low-and middle-income countries (LMICs) are trying to shift from passive purchasing (using fixed budgets) to strategic purchasing of healthcare which ties ...
Kachapila, Mwayi; id_orcid, Oppong, Raymond; id_orcid, Kigozi, Jesse; id_orcid   +2 more
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Strategic Purchasing as an Evidence-Based Approach for Reducing Medical Overuse

Health Technology Assessment in Action, 2023
Overuse of healthcare services is an increasingly reported issue in health systems worldwide. Given the breadth and importance of the subject, identifying strategies/tools that can prevent medical overuse is beneficial.
Morteza Arab-Zozani, Javad Ghoddoosi-Nejad, Carlos Manuel da Silva Martins   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source