Contracting-out urban primary health care in Bangladesh: a qualitative exploration of implementation processes and experience

Contracting-out urban primary health care in Bangladesh: a qualitative exploration of implementation processes and experience

Abstract Background Contracting-out (CO) to non-state providers is used widely to increase access to health care, but it entails many implementation challenges. Using Bangladesh’s two decades of experience with contracting out Urban Primary Health Care (UPHC), this paper identifies contextual, contr...

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Main Authors: Rubana Islam, Shahed Hossain, Farzana Bashar, Shaan Muberra Khan, Adel A. S. Sikder, Sifat Shahana Yusuf, Alayne M. Adams
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-10-01
Series:International Journal for Equity in Health
Subjects:
Contracting-out
Primary healthcare
Health systems
Urban health
Non-state actors
Bangladesh
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12939-018-0805-1

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