Primary Care for the Poor : The Potential of Micro-Health Markets to Improve Care

Much of the primary curative care provided to the poor by the private sector occurs not at large hospitals but at small, single-person clinics. While such micro-health providers increase access, questions persist about quality. Some have argued tha...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	Coarasa, Jorge, Das, Jishnu
Format:	Brief
Language:	English en_US
Published:	2016
Subjects:	AGED AGING CLINICS DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DISSEMINATION DOCTORS DRUGS EQUILIBRIUM FAMILIES FEE-FOR-SERVICE FINANCIAL INCENTIVE GLOBAL HEALTH HEALTH AFFAIRS HEALTH CARE HEALTH CARE DELIVERY HEALTH CARE FACILITIES HEALTH CARE MARKETS HEALTH CARE OUTCOMES HEALTH CARE PROVIDER HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS HEALTH CARE PROVISION HEALTH CARE QUALITY HEALTH CARE SECTOR HEALTH CARE SERVICES HEALTH FACILITIES HEALTH FUNDING HEALTH ORGANIZATION HEALTH OUTCOMES HEALTH PROVIDERS HEALTH SECTOR HEALTH STATUS HEALTH SYSTEM HEALTH SYSTEMS HEALTH-CARE HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS HOSPITALS HOUSEHOLDS HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HYPERTENSION ILLNESSES IMPORTANT POLICY INCOME INFORMAL SECTOR INTERVENTIONS LEVELS OF KNOWLEDGE LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES MARKET FAILURES MEDICAL CARE MEDICAL DOCTOR MEDICAL TRAINING MINISTRY OF HEALTH NURSES OFFICIAL POLICY PATIENT PATIENTS PHARMACISTS POLICY DISCUSSIONS POLICY LEVER POOR HEALTH POPULATION DENSITY PRACTITIONERS PRIMARY CARE PRIMARY HEALTH CARE PRIVATE CARE PRIVATE CLINICS PRIVATE SECTOR PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC POLICY PUBLIC PROVIDERS PUBLIC SECTOR QUALITY CARE QUALITY OF CARE QUALITY OF HEALTH QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE SAFETY SERVICE PROVIDERS SURGERY TRAFFIC URBAN AREAS VILLAGE LEVEL VILLAGES WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/01/24016883/primary-care-poor-potential-micro-health-markets-improve-care http://hdl.handle.net/10986/23657

id	okr-10986-23657
recordtype	oai_dc
spelling	okr-10986-236572021-04-23T14:04:16Z Primary Care for the Poor : The Potential of Micro-Health Markets to Improve Care Coarasa, Jorge Das, Jishnu AGED AGING CLINICS DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DISSEMINATION DOCTORS DRUGS EQUILIBRIUM FAMILIES FEE-FOR-SERVICE FINANCIAL INCENTIVE GLOBAL HEALTH HEALTH AFFAIRS HEALTH CARE HEALTH CARE DELIVERY HEALTH CARE FACILITIES HEALTH CARE MARKETS HEALTH CARE OUTCOMES HEALTH CARE PROVIDER HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS HEALTH CARE PROVISION HEALTH CARE QUALITY HEALTH CARE SECTOR HEALTH CARE SERVICES HEALTH FACILITIES HEALTH FUNDING HEALTH ORGANIZATION HEALTH OUTCOMES HEALTH PROVIDERS HEALTH SECTOR HEALTH STATUS HEALTH SYSTEM HEALTH SYSTEMS HEALTH-CARE HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS HOSPITALS HOUSEHOLDS HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HYPERTENSION ILLNESSES IMPORTANT POLICY INCOME INFORMAL SECTOR INTERVENTIONS LEVELS OF KNOWLEDGE LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES MARKET FAILURES MEDICAL CARE MEDICAL DOCTOR MEDICAL TRAINING MINISTRY OF HEALTH NURSES OFFICIAL POLICY PATIENT PATIENTS PHARMACISTS POLICY DISCUSSIONS POLICY LEVER POOR HEALTH POPULATION DENSITY PRACTITIONERS PRIMARY CARE PRIMARY HEALTH CARE PRIVATE CARE PRIVATE CLINICS PRIVATE SECTOR PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC POLICY PUBLIC PROVIDERS PUBLIC SECTOR QUALITY CARE QUALITY OF CARE QUALITY OF HEALTH QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE SAFETY SERVICE PROVIDERS SURGERY TRAFFIC URBAN AREAS VILLAGE LEVEL VILLAGES WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION Much of the primary curative care provided to the poor by the private sector occurs not at large hospitals but at small, single-person clinics. While such micro-health providers increase access, questions persist about quality. Some have argued that the micro-health sector needs to be better regulated. This note cites recent studies in arguing that the micro-health sector needs to be better understood. A more evidence based approach may enable the World Bank Group to better target investments and interventions and help these providers fulfill an important role serving the poor. The following recommendations are made at the conclusion of this paper: (1) Effort, rather than hardware or training, may count the most. (2) Scaling up interventions to improve quality requires understanding and addressing market failures. (3) Changing the way impacts are measured will lead to smarter investments. 2016-01-14T19:52:05Z 2016-01-14T19:52:05Z 2015-01 Brief http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/01/24016883/primary-care-poor-potential-micro-health-markets-improve-care http://hdl.handle.net/10986/23657 English en_US Viewpoint;No. 345 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Publications & Research :: Brief Publications & Research
repository_type	Digital Repository
institution_category	Foreign Institution
institution	Digital Repositories
building	World Bank Open Knowledge Repository
collection	World Bank
language	English en_US
topic	AGED AGING CLINICS DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DISSEMINATION DOCTORS DRUGS EQUILIBRIUM FAMILIES FEE-FOR-SERVICE FINANCIAL INCENTIVE GLOBAL HEALTH HEALTH AFFAIRS HEALTH CARE HEALTH CARE DELIVERY HEALTH CARE FACILITIES HEALTH CARE MARKETS HEALTH CARE OUTCOMES HEALTH CARE PROVIDER HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS HEALTH CARE PROVISION HEALTH CARE QUALITY HEALTH CARE SECTOR HEALTH CARE SERVICES HEALTH FACILITIES HEALTH FUNDING HEALTH ORGANIZATION HEALTH OUTCOMES HEALTH PROVIDERS HEALTH SECTOR HEALTH STATUS HEALTH SYSTEM HEALTH SYSTEMS HEALTH-CARE HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS HOSPITALS HOUSEHOLDS HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HYPERTENSION ILLNESSES IMPORTANT POLICY INCOME INFORMAL SECTOR INTERVENTIONS LEVELS OF KNOWLEDGE LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES MARKET FAILURES MEDICAL CARE MEDICAL DOCTOR MEDICAL TRAINING MINISTRY OF HEALTH NURSES OFFICIAL POLICY PATIENT PATIENTS PHARMACISTS POLICY DISCUSSIONS POLICY LEVER POOR HEALTH POPULATION DENSITY PRACTITIONERS PRIMARY CARE PRIMARY HEALTH CARE PRIVATE CARE PRIVATE CLINICS PRIVATE SECTOR PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC POLICY PUBLIC PROVIDERS PUBLIC SECTOR QUALITY CARE QUALITY OF CARE QUALITY OF HEALTH QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE SAFETY SERVICE PROVIDERS SURGERY TRAFFIC URBAN AREAS VILLAGE LEVEL VILLAGES WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
spellingShingle	AGED AGING CLINICS DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DISSEMINATION DOCTORS DRUGS EQUILIBRIUM FAMILIES FEE-FOR-SERVICE FINANCIAL INCENTIVE GLOBAL HEALTH HEALTH AFFAIRS HEALTH CARE HEALTH CARE DELIVERY HEALTH CARE FACILITIES HEALTH CARE MARKETS HEALTH CARE OUTCOMES HEALTH CARE PROVIDER HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS HEALTH CARE PROVISION HEALTH CARE QUALITY HEALTH CARE SECTOR HEALTH CARE SERVICES HEALTH FACILITIES HEALTH FUNDING HEALTH ORGANIZATION HEALTH OUTCOMES HEALTH PROVIDERS HEALTH SECTOR HEALTH STATUS HEALTH SYSTEM HEALTH SYSTEMS HEALTH-CARE HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS HOSPITALS HOUSEHOLDS HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HYPERTENSION ILLNESSES IMPORTANT POLICY INCOME INFORMAL SECTOR INTERVENTIONS LEVELS OF KNOWLEDGE LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES MARKET FAILURES MEDICAL CARE MEDICAL DOCTOR MEDICAL TRAINING MINISTRY OF HEALTH NURSES OFFICIAL POLICY PATIENT PATIENTS PHARMACISTS POLICY DISCUSSIONS POLICY LEVER POOR HEALTH POPULATION DENSITY PRACTITIONERS PRIMARY CARE PRIMARY HEALTH CARE PRIVATE CARE PRIVATE CLINICS PRIVATE SECTOR PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC POLICY PUBLIC PROVIDERS PUBLIC SECTOR QUALITY CARE QUALITY OF CARE QUALITY OF HEALTH QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE SAFETY SERVICE PROVIDERS SURGERY TRAFFIC URBAN AREAS VILLAGE LEVEL VILLAGES WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION Coarasa, Jorge Das, Jishnu Primary Care for the Poor : The Potential of Micro-Health Markets to Improve Care
relation	Viewpoint;No. 345
description	Much of the primary curative care provided to the poor by the private sector occurs not at large hospitals but at small, single-person clinics. While such micro-health providers increase access, questions persist about quality. Some have argued that the micro-health sector needs to be better regulated. This note cites recent studies in arguing that the micro-health sector needs to be better understood. A more evidence based approach may enable the World Bank Group to better target investments and interventions and help these providers fulfill an important role serving the poor. The following recommendations are made at the conclusion of this paper: (1) Effort, rather than hardware or training, may count the most. (2) Scaling up interventions to improve quality requires understanding and addressing market failures. (3) Changing the way impacts are measured will lead to smarter investments.
format	Brief
author	Coarasa, Jorge Das, Jishnu
author_facet	Coarasa, Jorge Das, Jishnu
author_sort	Coarasa, Jorge
title	Primary Care for the Poor : The Potential of Micro-Health Markets to Improve Care
title_short	Primary Care for the Poor : The Potential of Micro-Health Markets to Improve Care
title_full	Primary Care for the Poor : The Potential of Micro-Health Markets to Improve Care
title_fullStr	Primary Care for the Poor : The Potential of Micro-Health Markets to Improve Care
title_full_unstemmed	Primary Care for the Poor : The Potential of Micro-Health Markets to Improve Care
title_sort	primary care for the poor : the potential of micro-health markets to improve care
publishDate	2016
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/01/24016883/primary-care-poor-potential-micro-health-markets-improve-care http://hdl.handle.net/10986/23657
_version_	1764454455910072320

Primary Care for the Poor : The Potential of Micro-Health Markets to Improve Care

Similar Items