Handbook of Healthcare in the Arab World
nHealthcare Reform in Saudi Arabia: Why, What and Whe
Privatization initiatives have been undertaken in several Gulf Cooperation Council Countries, including Saudi Arabia, which recently announced reforms of its healthcare system to reduce dependence on government resources for healthcare. The government-financed and market-based healthcare systems have their own advantages and disadvantages, with neither being perfect in all aspects. Four forces have driven health reform in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; increasing costs with unsatisfactory health outcomes, fragmentation of health services, changing demographic profiles and escalating demands, and pro-market approaches with limited capacity of public health services. Saudi Arabia is the first country to openly enact dual-process payment and care delivery reform. The Saudi National Health Insurance Scheme is value-based model, in which healthcare delivery model includes practitioners and hospitals, and it is paid depending on the patients’ health outcomes. The new model of care includes funding and provides reforms. The Saudi healthcare market prioritizes private sector growth while also reforming the public providers into accountable care organizations model. However, the Saudi government must make wise choices on how broadly they would like the citizens to access necessary healthcare, the amount of money citizens should pay for healthcare services, and the innovations that should be made available for the patients.
Privatization initiatives have been undertaken in several Gulf Cooperation Council Countries, including Saudi Arabia, which recently announced reforms of its healthcare system to reduce…
Abstract
Objectives: To measure the prevalence and causes of burnout among Health Care Professionals (HCPs) in four hospitals in Saudi Arabia.
Background: Medical laboratory technologists (MLTs) are required to gain credit for continuous professional development for relicensing as well as for their own career‐long learning.