Contracting-out urban primary health care in Bangladesh: a qualitative exploration of implementation processes and experience

• Main Authors: Rubana Islam (Author), Shahed Hossain (Author), Farzana Bashar (Author), Shaan Muberra Khan (Author), Adel A. S. Sikder (Author), Sifat Shahana Yusuf (Author), Alayne M. Adams (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2018-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Contracting-out (CO) to non-state providers is used widely to increase access to health care, but it entails many implementation challenges. Using Bangladesh's two decades of experience with contracting out Urban Primary Health Care (UPHC), this paper identifies contextual,...