Non-governmental organizations' perceptions of challenges and opportunities for participating in the provision of government-purchased community-based psychiatric rehabilitation services in Shanghai, China: a qualitative study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In recent years, the Chinese government has increased its support for the development of community-based psychiatric rehabilitation (CBPR) services and initiated pilot programs for government purchasing of CBPR services from non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in order to address the inadequacy of the government's own supply capacity of CBPR services. This study investigated how the NGOs in Shanghai perceived the challenges and opportunities for participating in the provision of government-purchased CBPR services.

Methods

A qualitative descriptive approach was employed in this study. The local NGOs' program directors who had been responsible for the provision of government-purchased CBPR services in Shanghai were interviewed regarding their perceptions of the ch

SUBMITTER: Yao H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11694460 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature