Contracting for Reproductive Health Care : A Guide

Government contracting of private organizations is an increasingly common tool to meet the growing demand for quality reproductive health care in developing nations. This guide brings together information about such contracting experiences in a way...

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Main Author: Rosen, James E.
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2013
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spelling okr-10986-136342021-04-23T14:03:10Z Contracting for Reproductive Health Care : A Guide Rosen, James E. REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH HEALTH CARE HEALTH SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT & REFORM HEALTH CARE FINANCE HEALTH CARE FINANCING HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATIONS HEALTH EXPENDITURES HEALTH INSURANCE ABORTION ABORTION SERVICES ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE AIDS PREVENTION BASIC HEALTH CARE CAPITATION CARE CARE SERVICES CERTIFICATION CERVICAL CANCER CHILD HEALTH CHILD NUTRITION CITIES CLINICAL SERVICES CLINICS CONDOM DISTRIBUTION CONDOMS CONTRACEPTION CONTRACEPTIVE NEEDS CONTRACEPTIVE PREVALENCE CONTRACEPTIVES DRUGS EQUIPMENT ESSENTIAL DRUGS EXTENSION FAMILIES FAMILY PLANNING FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES FEE FOR SERVICE GENDER HEALTH HEALTH CARE HEALTH CENTERS HEALTH FACILITIES HEALTH NEEDS HEALTH PROGRAMS HEALTH PROJECTS HEALTH REFORM HEALTH SECTOR HEALTH SERVICES HEALTH SYSTEM HEALTH SYSTEMS HEALTH WORKERS HOSPITALS INCOMES IUD IUDS MALNUTRITION MANAGERS MASS MEDIA MATERNAL HEALTH MATERNITY CARE METHOD OF CONTRACEPTION MIDWIVES MOTHERHOOD MOTHERS NGOS NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS NURSES NURSING NUTRITION NUTRITION NUTRITION PROGRAMS NUTRITIONAL SUPPLEMENTATION OBSTETRIC CARE ORAL CONTRACEPTIVES PARENTHOOD FEDERATION PATIENTS PHARMACIES PHYSICIANS POST-ABORTION POST-ABORTION CARE PRIMARY HEALTH CARE PRIVATE PROVIDERS PRIVATE SECTOR PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC SECTOR PUBLIC SERVICES REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH CARE REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SERVICES SERVICES SEX SEX EDUCATION SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS SOCIAL MARKETING STERILIZATION STIS TRADITIONAL PRACTITIONERS TREATMENT OF COMPLICATIONS UNSAFE ABORTION VASECTOMY WASTE WORKERS Government contracting of private organizations is an increasingly common tool to meet the growing demand for quality reproductive health care in developing nations. This guide brings together information about such contracting experiences in a way to serve the practical needs of World Bank staff and their government counterparts in developing countries interested in trying contracting. Contracting is not a cure-all for ailing health systems, and there exists relatively little systematic evaluation of the contracting experience in developing countries. Still, many in the field recognize the potential of contracting as a powerful tool to improve reproductive health care. This guide touches on some of the reasons why governments go the contracting route. The guide is meant to be used during the development of new projects or during the supervision phase, and assumes that the reader: has identified population and reproductive health as an issue for the health sector in a particular country or region; already has decided to include a reproductive health component in the loan and wants to involve the private sector actively in the project; is considering opportunities for contracting out of reproductive health care; or is looking for ideas and models for contracting. 2013-05-29T17:23:13Z 2013-05-29T17:23:13Z 2000-12 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2000/12/3889134/contracting-reproductive-health-care-guide http://hdl.handle.net/10986/13634 English en_US HNP discussion paper series; CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Working Paper Publications & Research
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topic REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH
HEALTH CARE
HEALTH SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT & REFORM
HEALTH CARE FINANCE
HEALTH CARE FINANCING
HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATIONS
HEALTH EXPENDITURES
HEALTH INSURANCE ABORTION
ABORTION SERVICES
ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE
AIDS PREVENTION
BASIC HEALTH CARE
CAPITATION
CARE
CARE SERVICES
CERTIFICATION
CERVICAL CANCER
CHILD HEALTH
CHILD NUTRITION
CITIES
CLINICAL SERVICES
CLINICS
CONDOM DISTRIBUTION
CONDOMS
CONTRACEPTION
CONTRACEPTIVE NEEDS
CONTRACEPTIVE PREVALENCE
CONTRACEPTIVES
DRUGS
EQUIPMENT
ESSENTIAL DRUGS
EXTENSION
FAMILIES
FAMILY PLANNING
FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES
FEE FOR SERVICE
GENDER
HEALTH
HEALTH CARE
HEALTH CENTERS
HEALTH FACILITIES
HEALTH NEEDS
HEALTH PROGRAMS
HEALTH PROJECTS
HEALTH REFORM
HEALTH SECTOR
HEALTH SERVICES
HEALTH SYSTEM
HEALTH SYSTEMS
HEALTH WORKERS
HOSPITALS
INCOMES
IUD
IUDS
MALNUTRITION
MANAGERS
MASS MEDIA
MATERNAL HEALTH
MATERNITY CARE
METHOD OF CONTRACEPTION
MIDWIVES
MOTHERHOOD
MOTHERS
NGOS
NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS
NURSES
NURSING
NUTRITION
NUTRITION
NUTRITION PROGRAMS
NUTRITIONAL SUPPLEMENTATION
OBSTETRIC CARE
ORAL CONTRACEPTIVES
PARENTHOOD FEDERATION
PATIENTS
PHARMACIES
PHYSICIANS
POST-ABORTION
POST-ABORTION CARE
PRIMARY HEALTH CARE
PRIVATE PROVIDERS
PRIVATE SECTOR
PUBLIC HEALTH
PUBLIC SECTOR
PUBLIC SERVICES
REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH
REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH CARE
REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SERVICES
SERVICES
SEX
SEX EDUCATION
SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS
SOCIAL MARKETING
STERILIZATION
STIS
TRADITIONAL PRACTITIONERS
TREATMENT OF COMPLICATIONS
UNSAFE ABORTION
VASECTOMY
WASTE
WORKERS
spellingShingle REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH
HEALTH CARE
HEALTH SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT & REFORM
HEALTH CARE FINANCE
HEALTH CARE FINANCING
HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATIONS
HEALTH EXPENDITURES
HEALTH INSURANCE ABORTION
ABORTION SERVICES
ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE
AIDS PREVENTION
BASIC HEALTH CARE
CAPITATION
CARE
CARE SERVICES
CERTIFICATION
CERVICAL CANCER
CHILD HEALTH
CHILD NUTRITION
CITIES
CLINICAL SERVICES
CLINICS
CONDOM DISTRIBUTION
CONDOMS
CONTRACEPTION
CONTRACEPTIVE NEEDS
CONTRACEPTIVE PREVALENCE
CONTRACEPTIVES
DRUGS
EQUIPMENT
ESSENTIAL DRUGS
EXTENSION
FAMILIES
FAMILY PLANNING
FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES
FEE FOR SERVICE
GENDER
HEALTH
HEALTH CARE
HEALTH CENTERS
HEALTH FACILITIES
HEALTH NEEDS
HEALTH PROGRAMS
HEALTH PROJECTS
HEALTH REFORM
HEALTH SECTOR
HEALTH SERVICES
HEALTH SYSTEM
HEALTH SYSTEMS
HEALTH WORKERS
HOSPITALS
INCOMES
IUD
IUDS
MALNUTRITION
MANAGERS
MASS MEDIA
MATERNAL HEALTH
MATERNITY CARE
METHOD OF CONTRACEPTION
MIDWIVES
MOTHERHOOD
MOTHERS
NGOS
NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS
NURSES
NURSING
NUTRITION
NUTRITION
NUTRITION PROGRAMS
NUTRITIONAL SUPPLEMENTATION
OBSTETRIC CARE
ORAL CONTRACEPTIVES
PARENTHOOD FEDERATION
PATIENTS
PHARMACIES
PHYSICIANS
POST-ABORTION
POST-ABORTION CARE
PRIMARY HEALTH CARE
PRIVATE PROVIDERS
PRIVATE SECTOR
PUBLIC HEALTH
PUBLIC SECTOR
PUBLIC SERVICES
REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH
REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH CARE
REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SERVICES
SERVICES
SEX
SEX EDUCATION
SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS
SOCIAL MARKETING
STERILIZATION
STIS
TRADITIONAL PRACTITIONERS
TREATMENT OF COMPLICATIONS
UNSAFE ABORTION
VASECTOMY
WASTE
WORKERS
Rosen, James E.
Contracting for Reproductive Health Care : A Guide
relation HNP discussion paper series;
description Government contracting of private organizations is an increasingly common tool to meet the growing demand for quality reproductive health care in developing nations. This guide brings together information about such contracting experiences in a way to serve the practical needs of World Bank staff and their government counterparts in developing countries interested in trying contracting. Contracting is not a cure-all for ailing health systems, and there exists relatively little systematic evaluation of the contracting experience in developing countries. Still, many in the field recognize the potential of contracting as a powerful tool to improve reproductive health care. This guide touches on some of the reasons why governments go the contracting route. The guide is meant to be used during the development of new projects or during the supervision phase, and assumes that the reader: has identified population and reproductive health as an issue for the health sector in a particular country or region; already has decided to include a reproductive health component in the loan and wants to involve the private sector actively in the project; is considering opportunities for contracting out of reproductive health care; or is looking for ideas and models for contracting.
format Publications & Research :: Working Paper
author Rosen, James E.
author_facet Rosen, James E.
author_sort Rosen, James E.
title Contracting for Reproductive Health Care : A Guide
title_short Contracting for Reproductive Health Care : A Guide
title_full Contracting for Reproductive Health Care : A Guide
title_fullStr Contracting for Reproductive Health Care : A Guide
title_full_unstemmed Contracting for Reproductive Health Care : A Guide
title_sort contracting for reproductive health care : a guide
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2013
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2000/12/3889134/contracting-reproductive-health-care-guide
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/13634
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