Improving the Accessibility of Frontline Services : For Quality Care Amidst Infrastructure and Resource Constraints

In low, and middle-income countries, distance and cost can keep people in rural communities from seeking and receiving care, even from the frontline health system. Even where public health facilities exist, these barriers, paired with (often justif...

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Main Author:	World Bank Group
Format:	Brief
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2019
Subjects:	PUBLIC HEALTH FACILITIES HEALTH FINANCE COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS HEALTH INSURANCE DRONE TECHNOLOGY VOUCHERS SELF-TESTING
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/149771560318435255/Improving-the-Accessibility-of-Frontline-Services-for-Quality-Care-Amidst-Infrastructure-and-Resource-Constraints http://hdl.handle.net/10986/31848

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spelling	okr-10986-318482021-05-25T10:54:39Z Improving the Accessibility of Frontline Services : For Quality Care Amidst Infrastructure and Resource Constraints World Bank Group PUBLIC HEALTH FACILITIES HEALTH FINANCE COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS HEALTH INSURANCE DRONE TECHNOLOGY VOUCHERS SELF-TESTING In low, and middle-income countries, distance and cost can keep people in rural communities from seeking and receiving care, even from the frontline health system. Even where public health facilities exist, these barriers, paired with (often justified) perceptions that the care available is low quality, can lead to extremely low use of available services, despite high need. Together, these forces create systemic gaps in essential health service coverage. To effectively engage rural communities in essential primary care, frontline health systems must develop innovative, locally-appropriate, and cost-effective approaches to staffing, logistics, and financing that overcome entrenched barriers to care. 2019-06-13T15:02:44Z 2019-06-13T15:02:44Z 2018-10 Brief http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/149771560318435255/Improving-the-Accessibility-of-Frontline-Services-for-Quality-Care-Amidst-Infrastructure-and-Resource-Constraints http://hdl.handle.net/10986/31848 English FLF Evidence Brief Series; CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Brief
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topic	PUBLIC HEALTH FACILITIES HEALTH FINANCE COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS HEALTH INSURANCE DRONE TECHNOLOGY VOUCHERS SELF-TESTING
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description	In low, and middle-income countries, distance and cost can keep people in rural communities from seeking and receiving care, even from the frontline health system. Even where public health facilities exist, these barriers, paired with (often justified) perceptions that the care available is low quality, can lead to extremely low use of available services, despite high need. Together, these forces create systemic gaps in essential health service coverage. To effectively engage rural communities in essential primary care, frontline health systems must develop innovative, locally-appropriate, and cost-effective approaches to staffing, logistics, and financing that overcome entrenched barriers to care.
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title	Improving the Accessibility of Frontline Services : For Quality Care Amidst Infrastructure and Resource Constraints
title_short	Improving the Accessibility of Frontline Services : For Quality Care Amidst Infrastructure and Resource Constraints
title_full	Improving the Accessibility of Frontline Services : For Quality Care Amidst Infrastructure and Resource Constraints
title_fullStr	Improving the Accessibility of Frontline Services : For Quality Care Amidst Infrastructure and Resource Constraints
title_full_unstemmed	Improving the Accessibility of Frontline Services : For Quality Care Amidst Infrastructure and Resource Constraints
title_sort	improving the accessibility of frontline services : for quality care amidst infrastructure and resource constraints
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2019
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/149771560318435255/Improving-the-Accessibility-of-Frontline-Services-for-Quality-Care-Amidst-Infrastructure-and-Resource-Constraints http://hdl.handle.net/10986/31848
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Improving the Accessibility of Frontline Services : For Quality Care Amidst Infrastructure and Resource Constraints

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