Download or read book The New Public/private Mix in Health written by Jane Goudge and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Private health care providers play an increasingly important role in the health systems of many low-income and middle-income countries, easing some of the pressure on governments to provide health care services for all citizens and helping them to overcome funding constraints. The need to regulate the activities of the private sector has become increasingly apparent. However, many countries have little experience of regulation, and in low-income countries the priority of health ministries is to deliver basic health care, rather than implementing what are often "imported" regulatory frameworks.