Comments on: 3 principles for improving mixed health systems https://r4d.org/blog/3-principles-for-improving-mixed-health-systems/ Corporate Website Thu, 24 Jun 2021 13:03:36 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.3 By: Cicely Thomas https://r4d.org/blog/3-principles-for-improving-mixed-health-systems/#comment-14219 Tue, 10 Dec 2019 18:42:19 +0000 https://www.r4d.org/?p=7669#comment-14219 In reply to Eric Sarriot.

Thanks for this great comment Eric! We couldn’t agree more with what your paper turned up. We’ll also be curious to hear what you’ve learned about differentiating between the non-profit and for-profit private sector. This is an interesting area – are governments more comfortable engaging with the non-profit sector over for-profit? Are there different governance and engagement structures that must be in place to facilitate this? We’ve found so and are curious to hear others’ experience.

]]> By: Eric Sarriot https://r4d.org/blog/3-principles-for-improving-mixed-health-systems/#comment-12755 Fri, 25 Oct 2019 14:19:24 +0000 https://www.r4d.org/?p=7669#comment-12755 So, it’s context, context, and responsiveness / addressing needs (not dogma). Well said.
Our own review of the lit concluded, “Engaging the private sector appears as a necessity for most countries to achieve UHC goals. Effective governance and harnessing of the capacity of the private sector will require adapting and regulating complex incentive systems, differentiating between non-profit and for-profit private sector, and building pathways to guarantee that clients receive standard essential services in private structures at least on integrated, standardized, essential PHC services. The private sector does not offer any shortcut to quality of services, but it is large and ‘here to stay.’ Harnessing its capacity puts important demands on the stewardship functions of the government, and its ability to engage stakeholders in a sector-wide overarching strategy for UHC.” https://resourcecentre.savethechildren.net/library/recent-lessons-literature-advancing-universal-health-coverage-uhc-through-health-systems
Cheers.

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