Public stewardship of private providers in mixed health systems
Author(s)/Editor(s): Lagomarsino G, Nachuk S, Sapna Singh Kundra
Publisher/Organizer: Results for Development Institute
Publication date: 2009
Number of pages: 74
Language: English
Overview
This report summarizes the findings from research commissioned in 2008 by the Rockefeller Foundation, in collaboration with the Results for Development Institute and the Thai Ministry of Public Health’s International Health Policy Program. This research—resulting in 14 papers by various institutions, examining the role of the private sector in health systems in developing countries— draws on multiple data sources, including, a global survey of countries’ regulatory models, a scan of innovative private sector financing and delivery models, a survey of attitudes toward the private health sector, and evidence on where people receive health services.