Government purchasing initiatives involving private providers in the Eastern Mediterranean Region: a systematic review of impact on health service utilisation.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This paper provides a systematic review of evidence of government purchase of health services from private providers through stand-alone contracting-out (CO) initiatives and CO insurance schemes (CO-I) on health service utilisation in Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMR) to inform universal health coverage 2030 strategies.

Design

Systematic review.

Data sources

Electronic search of published and grey literature on Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, PubMed, CINHAL, Google Scholar and web, including websites of ministries of health from January 2010 to November 2021.

Eligibility criteria

Randomised controlled trials, quasi-experimental studies, time series, before-after and endline with comparison group reporting quantitative utilisation of d

SUBMITTER: Zaidi S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9950888 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature