dc.creator | AlRuthia, Yazed | |
dc.creator | Bin Aydan, Norah Abdulaziz | |
dc.creator | Sulaiman Alorf, Nora | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2020-10-08T15:34:36Z | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2022-09-23T18:10:22Z | |
dc.date.available | 2020-10-08T15:34:36Z | |
dc.date.available | 2022-09-23T18:10:22Z | |
dc.date.created | 2020-10-08T15:34:36Z | |
dc.identifier | 1319-0164 | |
dc.identifier | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsps.2020.09.020 | |
dc.identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12010/14305 | |
dc.identifier | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsps.2020.09.020 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/3496762 | |
dc.description.abstract | Background: The cost of Saudi healthcare continues to rise at an alarming rate, putting
the sustainability of the public healthcare system into question. Data have shown that
hospital and healthcare providers’ services represent the bulk of this rising cost, which
makes the calls to reform the Saudi healthcare system more focused on payment models
than at any time before.
Objective: The aim of this paper is to review various identified payment models that can
be used to contain costs and improve the quality of the care provided.
Method: A literature review of articles addressing the issues of cost containment and
improving the quality of healthcare by reforming the current Saudi healthcare payment
policy were identified through the Ovid®, Medline, and Google® Scholar search engines.
Results and Conclusions: Many research articles and literature reviews have identified
and discussed different models of healthcare payments. Some articles have focused on
one payment model, while others have discussed different payment models that have
been identified. There is an urgent need to reform the current system of healthcare
payments to improve the quality of healthcare and maintain funding for universal
healthcare coverage in the future. Future healthcare payment reforms should consider
restructuring the current healthcare system, which is largely fragmented by providing incentives to different governmental healthcare sectors, in order to transform it into a more
organized and coordinated system. Thus far, there is not a single payment model that
can, by itself, reduce healthcare costs and improve healthcare quality. Future healthcare
reforms should use a mixture of different payment models to pay hospitals and
physicians. | |
dc.language | eng | |
dc.publisher | Saudi Pharmaceutical Journal | |
dc.rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess | |
dc.rights | Abierto (Texto Completo) | |
dc.source | reponame:Expeditio Repositorio Institucional UJTL | |
dc.source | instname:Universidad de Bogotá Jorge Tadeo Lozano | |
dc.subject | Saudi Arabia | |
dc.subject | Health Expenditure | |
dc.subject | Salaries | |
dc.subject | Reimbursement | |
dc.subject | Incentive | |
dc.subject | Budgetary Control | |
dc.title | How can Saudi Arabia reform its public hospital payment models? A Nar- rative review | |