Government purchase of private health services in the Eastern Mediterranean region: opportunities and challenges for stewarding towards a universal health coverage focus
The synthesis importantly highlights new directional and relational needs alongside traditional structural, and expertise needs to guide a re-imagined stewardship agenda for strengthening the purchase of private health services in the EMR. Future socio-behavioural research on private sector motivations for partnerships and behaviour under purchasing arrangements will be beneficial for stewarding PSE within local eco-systems.
Authors
- Hassan Salah (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5276-262X)
- Shehla Abbas Zaidi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7620-9247)
- Awad Mataria (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5499-3667)
- Aya Thabet (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2084-3470)
- David Clarke (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5583-0779)
Institutions
- World Health Organization (CH)
- World Health Organization Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean (EG)
- Health Data Research UK (GB)
- University College London (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMJ Global Health
- Published
- 2025-04-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2024-017435
- Primary Topic
- Global Maternal and Child Health
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00