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Policy Discourses: Shifting the Burden of Healthcare from the State to the Market in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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- Preconception care knowledge, attitudes, and practices among women attending a private women's hospital in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia: a cross-sectional study.Frontiers in global women's health · 2026Article
- Healthcare Financing in Saudi Arabia: A Comprehensive Review.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Primary Healthcare Centre Improvement and Privatisation in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia: A Systematic Review.Cureus · 2024Review
- Measuring progress towards universal health coverage in 22 Middle East and North African countries.Dialogues in health · 2024Article
- Work Environment and Socio-Demographic Factors of Psychiatric Nurses: A Cross-Sectional Study in Hospitals of Eastern Saudi Arabia.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
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- Current and future prospective of pharmaceutical manufacturing in Saudi Arabia.Saudi pharmaceutical journal : SPJ : the official publication of the Saudi Pharmaceutical Society · 2023Article
- Access and Disparities in the Use of Telemedicine Among Patients with Chronic Conditions in Saudi Arabia: A Cross-Sectional Study.Journal of multidisciplinary healthcare · 2023Article
- Healthcare Transformation in Saudi Arabia: An Overview Since the Launch of Vision 2030.Health services insights · 2022Article
- Depression and Anxiety in the Saudi Population: Epidemiological Profiles from Health Surveys and Mental Health Services.Inquiry : a journal of medical care organization, provision and financingArticle
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Abstract
Saudi Arabia has modified from a predominantly free, public, and comprehensive system under a welfare model to more of a mixed-economy model of healthcare. The welfare state slowly moved to a liberal model, emphasizing market forces to dominate in the provision of healthcare and the private sector was trusted to provide a better provision of healthcare. The country has to confront enormous problems in the health sector due to population growth, lifestyle changes, the shift of disease patterns, elevated expectations, escalated healthcare costs, limited infrastructure and resources, and poor management practice in the provision of healthcare. Moreover, the government has been emphasizing the need to bring in private sector investment to improve quality and efficiency, development of manpower, and standardization of services. As the current pattern of healthcare is unsustainable, the country is planning to restructure the present healthcare system toward institutionalizing it to meet future challenges. The governments must make an appropriate amount of effort to build their healthcare systems by transforming and modifying the challenges faced by society and its political-economic systems. The government should encourage equity, and fairness in the provision of healthcare.
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