In developing this document, Partnerships for Health Reform (PHR) addresses one aspect of managing the “politics” of the reform process: the need for information on key players who have an investment in proposed reforms. This is particularly important at the policy formulation and legitimation
Many Latin American countries have begun to reform their health sectors. In these countries, a lot of debate, analysis, and assistance has been directed toward the technical content of the reforms. Often, the government determines the direction and outline of health sector reforms. Once there
Resource Type: Report Authors: V. R. Muraleedharan Published: 3/1/1999 Resource Description: This paper examines India’s private hospital sector, focusing on urban hospitals. Data collected for the study from a sample of hospitals in Madras City was used to analyze the size, infrastructure, and distribution of private hospitals, the range and pricing of services offered, and the various payment schemes for private […]
Resource Type: Report Authors: Dorothy Mutizwa-Mangiza Published: 11/1/1998 Resource Description: During the past decade the economic situation in Zimbabwe has deteriorated significantly. Public sector health care workers have gone from being high status and relatively well paid members of the community to workers struggling to get a living wage from their jobs. This paper describes the specific policy measures that the […]
