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Access to Financing: A Constraint to Private Health-Sector Development
Expanding access to finance is increasingly recognized as a useful tool in working with the private sector. In a climate of limited resources, however, it is important for public health policy makers to assess the magnitude of the financing constraint and to determine the effectiveness of…
Resource Type : Tool
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Health Area: Family Planning
Project: SHOPS
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Language : English
Technical Area: Provider Access to Finance
Franchising of Health Services in Developing Countries
Grouping existing providers under a franchised brand, supported by training, advertising and supplies, is a potentially important way of improving access to and assuring quality of some types of clinical medical services. While franchising has great potential to increase service delivery points…
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Health Area: Family Planning, Sexual and Reproductive Health
Project: SHOPS
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Language : English
Technical Area: Networks and Franchising
Private Sector Partnerships-One Project Launch Presentation
This presentation gives an overview of the PSP-One project. It was given at the PSP-One Project Launch at USAID on January 11, 2005.
Resource Type : Presentation
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Project: SHOPS
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Language : English
Technical Area: Health Financing
Monitoring Quality and Performance: Contracting of Private Health Care Services in Nicaragua
Contracting with the private sector to deliver health services can often pose issues for ensuring the quality of services being provided and increasing their utilization. This is particularly true for expanding the use of reproductive health care, such as family planning, which is covered, but…
Resource Type : Other
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Project: SHOPS
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Language : English
Technical Area: Health Financing
The Uganda Private Providers Loan Fund: Client Exit Interview Baseline Report.
The Summa Foundation created the Uganda Private Providers Loan Fund, which provides financing and technical assistance to private health providers in Uganda. Initially, the Loan Fund will target midwives and then will expand to other private providers, including nurses and doctors. The objective…
Resource Type : Other
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Project: SHOPS
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Language : English
Technical Area: Provider Access to Finance
Direct Loan to the Reproductive Health Association of Cambodia: A Private-Sector Intervention to Increase the Sustainability of Reproductive Health Services
During the turmoil of the Khmer Rouge, the Cambodian health care system was abolished - less than 50 doctors survived Pol Pot's regime. Since 1980, Cambodia has struggled to rebuild its health sector, but public services are still weak and health indicators are very low. Currently, Cambodia has…
Resource Type : Brief
Country : Cambodia
Health Area: Family Planning, Sexual and Reproductive Health
Project: SHOPS
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Language : English
Technical Area: Public-Private Engagement
Private Health Insurance: Implications for Developing Countries
Private health insurance is playing an increasing role in both high- and low-income countries, yet is poorly understood by researchers and policy-makers. This paper shows that the distinction between private and public health insurance is often exaggerated since well regulated private insurance…
Resource Type : Brief
Country : Brazil
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Project: SHOPS
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Language : English
Technical Area: Health Financing
Improving Access to Maternal Health Care through Insurance
This Insight for Implementers presents the experience of two different health insurance systems and their impact on women's access to health care. The following sections introduce the concept of health insurance and its applications in middle- and low-income countries. Two case studies on health…
Resource Type : Other
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Health Area: Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health
Project: SHOPS
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Language : English
Technical Area: Health Financing
Vouchers for health - using voucher schemes for output-based aid
This Note examines an innovative, donor-supported voucher scheme to treat and prevent sexually transmitted diseases in Nicaragua. Voucher schemes enable donors to purchase outputs rather than inputs while also offering beneficiaries a choice of provider, a feature that sets them apart from other…
Resource Type : Other
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Project: SHOPS
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Language : English
Technical Area: Health Financing
Achieving the Twin Objectives of Efficiency and Equity: Contracting Health Services in Cambodia
The Cambodia case study suggests that government contracting of the provision of health services to nongovernmental entities is not only feasible but can potentially increase the coverage of health services in a short time. Contracting could deliver interventions to reduce infant, child, and…
Resource Type : Report
Country : Cambodia
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Project: SHOPS
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Language : English
Technical Area: Health Financing
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What is the Market Development Approach?
- What is the Market Development Approach (MDA) Process for Family Planning, and Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health? Brief #1 of 4 in a series on the MDA
- What is the Market System Framework and Its Role in Developing Family Planning, and Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health Markets? Brief #2 of 4 in a series on the MDA
- What are Key Terms Used in a Market Development Approach for Health? Brief #3 of 4 in a series on the MDA
- The Meaning and Importance of Stewardship in Developing Family Planning, and Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health Markets. Brief #4 of 4 in a series on the MDA
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