ReviewHealth services insights2019
An Analysis of Public-Private Partnerships and Sustainable Health Care Provision in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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17 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Advantages and Challenges of Implementation and Strategies for Health Insurance in Saudi Arabia: A Systemic Review.Inquiry : a journal of medical care organization, provision and financingPooled it
- A Systematic Review on the Outcomes of Implementing Public-Private Partnerships in Healthcare Systems: The Experience of the Middle East.Health science reports · 2026Review
- Public-Private Partnerships as a Catalyst for Healthcare Transformation in Saudi Arabia: Evaluating the Impact on Accessibility, Quality, and Sustainability Under Vision 2030.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Exploring the Role of and Factors Affecting Public-Private Partnership in Health Care Systems: A Scoping Review.Iranian journal of public health · 2025Review
- The 2023 Geographic Distribution of Obstetricians and Gynecologists in Saudi Arabia: Implications for Maternal and Neonatal Health Outcomes.Health services insights · 2025Article
- Prevalence and factors associated with weight loss medicine usage in the Hail population, Saudi Arabia.Journal of education and health promotion · 2025Article
- Key aspects of the Saudi healthcare system reform and the potential impact on the main stakeholders: A qualitative study.Journal of Taibah University Medical Sciences · 2024Article
- The assessment of readiness to change among head managers of primary healthcare centers in Makkah, KSA.Journal of Taibah University Medical Sciences · 2024Article
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- Healthcare transformation journey in the Eastern Region of Saudi Arabia: an overview, challenges and lessons learned.Journal of medicine and life · 2023Review
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- Healthcare Transformation in Saudi Arabia: An Overview Since the Launch of Vision 2030.Health services insights · 2022Article
- Scholarly Activity of Radiation Oncologists in High-Income Developing Countries: Saudi Arabia as an Example.JCO global oncology · 2021Article
- Impact of average temperature, energy demand, sectoral value added, and population growth on water resource quality and mortality rate: it is time to stop waiting around.Environmental science and pollution research international · 2020Article
- Educational and Behavioral Models for Promoting Health in Saudi Arabia: A Theoretical Overview.Cureus · 2020Review
- Knowledge, perception, and attitudes of Universal Health Coverage policies among Alfaisal University students in Saudi Arabia.Journal of education and health promotion · 2020Article
- Barriers to the implementation of public-private partnerships in the healthcare sector in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.PloS one · 2020Article
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Abstract
This study considers the issue of health care provision in Saudi Arabia, looking in particular at the challenges for health care providers and ministry officials. Although the study concentrates on factors specific to Saudi Arabia, it also examines the problem from a broadly international perspective. In particular, the study explores the experience of health care modernisation in the United Kingdom to conceptualise the practicality of fusing public services with market ideals. There is a pressing need to modernise the Saudi health care system with the economic burden on the state-funded Ministry of Health being an unsustainable means of providing health care in future. The solution resides partially in opening the public health care system to alternative sources of management and revenue. In particular, public-private partnerships will be considered as a viable means of funding health care in Saudi Arabia and for improving standards and the quality of care. This study concludes that, whereas the move towards a public-private partnership approach to health care provision has been touted as a precondition for modernisation and development, the precise fusion between government and non-government forces remains a source of conjecture. As a result, the study advocates caution when evaluating the benefits and pitfalls of partnerships between public and private actors.
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