Exploring the roles of players in strategic purchasing for healthcare in Africa—a scoping review
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DOI: 10.1093/heapol/czac093
Abstract: Abstract Following the World Health Organization (WHO) guidance on strategic purchasing in 2000, low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) are trying to shift from passive purchasing (using fixed budgets) to strategic purchasing of healthcare which ties… read more here.
Keywords: review; strategic purchasing; purchasing healthcare; purchasing ... See more keywords
Scaling-up strategic purchasing: analysis of health system governance imperatives for strategic purchasing in a free maternal and child healthcare programme in Enugu State, Nigeria
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DOI: 10.1186/s12913-018-3078-x
Abstract: BackgroundSignificant knowledge gaps exist in the functioning of institutional designs and organisational practices in purchasing within free healthcare schemes in low resource countries. The study provides evidence of the governance requirements to scale up strategic… read more here.
Keywords: strategic purchasing; governance; health; healthcare ... See more keywords
The barriers to the full implementation of strategic purchasing and the role of health policy and decision-makers: past, current status, ethical aspects and future challenges
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DOI: 10.15167/2421-4248/jpmh2020.61.1.1439
Abstract: Summary Healthcare systems are complex, multi-level, highly integrated organizations, comprising of different professional figures, institutions, and resources. Such breadth and complexity reflect the multi-dimensionality of the concept of health, which implies the adoption of a… read more here.
Keywords: decision makers; strategic purchasing; full implementation; health policy ... See more keywords
How to become a strategic purchaser of rehabilitation services
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DOI: 10.2471/blt.21.287499
Abstract: Abstract Rehabilitative care is often overlooked and underfunded despite being a key component of universal health coverage, and now faces further neglect due to indirect impacts of the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic. Policy-makers can leverage… read more here.
Keywords: policy makers; rehabilitation services; health; strategic purchasing ... See more keywords