Private-Public Partnership in Georgia: a Case Study of Contracting an NGO to Provide Specialist Health Services
Language:
English
Publisher:
Department for International Development Health Resource Centre
Copyright:
2004
Pages:
30
Description:
This case study provides details of a partnership that emerged in Georgia following the initiation of health sector reforms in 1995. It mainly focuses on describing the details of how and why the public purchaser contracted a non-governmental provider to deliver a set of health services in Georgia. The case study is discussed with proper attention to the context within which this arrangement developed. The nature of the services provided was paediatric cardio-surgery, which can hardly be considered a basic essential health service. Notwithstanding this, the case study provides a sufficient body of evidence to facilitate policy discussions about public
Subject
Geographic Focus
Resource Type
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