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

The rising costs of services provided in the health sector represent a significant challenge. Problems such as resources waste, leakages and low efficiency, lack of social justice and fairness in access to healthcare services and inappropriate use of financial resources are the main weaknesses that plague the traditional way of purchasing health services and provisions. Read up on the barriers to the full implementation of strategic purchasing and the role of health policy and decision-makers.

Publication Year:

2020

Publisher

SPARC

Author:

National Center for Biotechnology Information
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A message from the partners of the Strategic Purchasing Africa Resource Center (SPARC)

Since 2018, The Strategic Purchasing Africa Resource Center (SPARC) has been a unique and significant force in supporting countries within Sub-Sahara Africa (SSA) in crucial areas of strategic health purchasing (SHP), Healthcare Financing as they make progress towards the realization of Universal Health Coverage (UHC) goals. This initiative, a collaboration between Amref Health Africa and Results for Development (R4D), has made expertise in these areas more accessible and has been instrumental in the progress of the target countries. The initiative was designed to advance policy discussions and actions that strengthen the application of strategic health purchasing to strengthen African health systems and support countries as they address foundational reforms…