NDLI: The changing face of healthcare in Saudi Arabia.

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The changing face of healthcare in Saudi Arabia.

Content Provider	Europe PMC
Author	Walston, Stephen Al-Harbi, Yousef Al-Omar, Badran
Copyright Year	2008
Abstract	Many countries now struggle to provide cost-effective, quality healthcare services to their citizens. Saudi Arabia has experienced high costs along with concerns about quality of care in its public facilities. To address these issues the country is currently restructuring their healthcare system to privatize public hospitals and introduce insurance coverage for both foreign workers and citizens. The changes provide an interesting and insightful case for the challenges in radically changing a country’s healthcare system. The situation also demonstrates a unique case in the Middle East for greater reliance of the private sector to address rapidly escalating healthcare costs and deteriorating quality. The complexity of changing a healthcare system is discussed with the many challenges associated with the change.
ISSN	02564947
Journal	Annals of Saudi Medicine
Volume Number	28
PubMed Central reference number	PMC6074349
Issue Number	4
PubMed reference number	18596400
e-ISSN	09754466
DOI	10.5144/0256-4947.2008.243
Language	English
Publisher	King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre
Publisher Date	2008-07-01
Access Restriction	Open
Rights License	This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. Copyright © 2008, Annals of Saudi Medicine
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Medicine

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