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...
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| Language: | English en_US |
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2016
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| 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 |
| Summary: | 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. |
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