Contracting-out primary health care services in Tanzania towards UHC: how policy processes and context influence policy design and implementation

• Main Authors: Stephen Maluka (Author), Dereck Chitama (Author), Esther Dungumaro (Author), Crecensia Masawe (Author), Krishna Rao (Author), Zubin Shroff (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2018-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Governments increasingly recognize the need to engage non-state providers (NSPs) in health systems in order to move successfully towards Universal Health Coverage (UHC). One common approach to engaging NSPs is to contract-out the delivery of primary health care services. Research...