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ArticleBMJ open2025

Challenges of healthcare financing in the world's largest refugee camp: a mixed-method study among healthcare stakeholders for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh.

Imdadul Haque Talukdar, Sayeeda Tarannum, Isabel Smith, M A Rifat, Priyanka Boga, Jubayer Mumin, Pablo André Veronés, Ziba Mahdi, Syeda Saima Alam, Arif Faysal Khan

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Imdadul Haque TalukdarDepartment of Learning, Informatics, Management, and Ethics, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden haque.talukdar@gmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7729-6968
Sayeeda TarannumDepartment of Global Public Health, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
Isabel SmithDepartment of Global Public Health, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
M A RifatDepartment of Global Public Health, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
Priyanka BogaDepartment of Learning, Informatics, Management, and Ethics, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden.
Jubayer MuminDepartment of Global Public Health, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
Pablo André VeronésDepartment of Learning, Informatics, Management, and Ethics, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden.
Ziba MahdiDepartment of Economics, North South University, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Syeda Saima AlamDepartment of Food Technology and Nutrition Science, Noakhali Science and Technology University, Noakhali, Bangladesh.
Arif Faysal KhanMinistry of Public Administration, People's Republic of Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

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Abstract

objectivesThis study aimed to increase the understanding of healthcare stakeholders' viewpoints on the challenges and potential solutions regarding healthcare financing for the Rohingya refugees in Cox's Bazar.

designA mixed-method approach, containing semi-structured interviews with healthcare stakeholders and review of financial documents, was employed. Thematic analysis was performed to analyse the transcripts. Financial documents (available online) and reports from respective coordinating agencies were also reviewed.

settingOnline key informant interviews (KIIs) were conducted from Stockholm with participants residing in Bangladesh between June 2022 and September 2022.

participantsEight KIIs were conducted with professional health programme managers, executives and personnel involved in policy coordination and implementation in refugee camps in Cox's Bazar district of Bangladesh.

resultsWe identified four themes and three subthemes outlining key challenges in healthcare funding, including decreasing funds (supported by a quantitative assessment) due to macroglobal issues, conflicting short-term and long-term priorities between implementing partners, insufficient efficacy due to challenges with collaborative priority-setting and implementing common processes, and a lack of consensus regarding equity between host and refugee communities.

conclusionsThe study identified unique challenges beyond the commonly discussed health financing issues in a resource-deficient setting: stakeholders' conflicting priorities regarding funding and undecided equity issues among the host and refugee communities are worth scholarly and policy focus. A needs-based, equitable and effective action plan might ensure the proper utilisation of resources.

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Healthcare FinancingRefugee CampsRefugeesBangladeshHumansInterviews as TopicQualitative ResearchStakeholder ParticipationHEALTH ECONOMICSHealth policyPUBLIC HEALTHRefugees

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PMCPMC11784382

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