Models using private general practitioners to provide caesarean deliveries at five South African district public hospitals: insights for public-private contracting for obstetric care in rural areas

CONCLUSION: Structured appropriately, private public partnerships can fill important gaps in human resources in rural district hospitals. Policy makers should look to developing a 'contracting framework' which requires compliance with a set of underlying principles but allows for flexibility in developing context specific contracting arrangements. These underlying principles should include a 'risk' based delivery model, adherence to public sector- evidence-based protocols, time-based rather than per delivery/type of delivery remuneration models, group liability arrangements, and processes to monitor outcomes.PMID:37552135 | DOI:10.1080/16549716.2023.2241811

Source: Global Health Action - August 8, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Geetesh Solanki Emmanuelle Daviaud Sue Fawcus Vishal Brijlal Tanya Doherty Source Type: research