Trends and opportunities in public-private partnerships to improve health service delivery in Africa (English)

This report argues that the private sector is for the rich and the public sector is for the poor. It demonstrates that the poorer segments of the population do use the private sector extensively, and the public sector does substantially subsidize richer people who use its services. The paper also discuses that health is mainly financed by the public sector and the public sector finances less than half of total health expenditures, and the rest is...

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Marek,Tonia;

O'Farrell,Catherine C.;

Yamamoto,Chiaki;

Zable,Ilyse;
Document Date
2005/08/01
Document Type
Working Paper (Numbered Series)
Report Number
33646
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
Africa,
Region
Africa,
Disclosure Date
2010/07/01
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
Doc Name
Trends and opportunities in public-private partnerships to improve health service delivery in Africa
Keywords
delivery of health care services

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Marek,Tonia; O'Farrell,Catherine C.; Yamamoto,Chiaki; Zable,Ilyse.

Trends and opportunities in public-private partnerships to improve health service delivery in Africa (English). Africa Region human development working paper series|Region Afrique, Departement du Developpement, Humain serie documents de travail|no. 106|no. 93 Washington, DC: World Bank. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/480361468008714070

Trends and opportunities in public-private partnerships to improve health service delivery in Africa (English)

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