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Health Systems Profile- Egypt Regional Health Systems Observatory- EMRO
providing unit is going to be established. Technology assessment is mandatory in this
respect, and national guidelines and standards will also be crucial.
Planned Reforms in secondary/tertiary care
Egyptian Health Sector Reform Program is focusing on the primary health care services
in its current phase.
The reform goals for the health facility infrastructure focus on:
A. Developing and institutionalizing systems, policies and procedures to rationalize
investment in health infrastructure and to ensure efficient resource allocation;
and
B. Re-organizing the service delivery infrastructure along the new Family Health
Model (discussed under the Health Services Section).
(A) Developing and institutionalizing systems, policies and procedures to
rationalize health sector infrastructure
1. Adopting investment planning based on priority population health needs
One of the fundamental bases for reform rests on the ability of the government to have
an institutionalized planning process whereby evolving demographic and health needs of
the population are continuously analyzed and accounted for. This planning function is
dependent on two factors:
A strong health information system that has the capacity to integrate demographic,
epidemiological and geographical profiles of the population with data on existing
health resources; and
A strong organizational capacity within the MOHP to consolidate and process the
data for purposes of health planning.
Actions
Conduct a national health status survey to identify the epidemiological profile of the
population and to target health needs.
Conduct a national facility survey.
Develop an automated database to consolidate demographic, epidemiological and
census data for health planning.
Conduct an organizational analysis of all bodies that have input into the health
planning function (the MOHP statistics department, the MOHP planning unit, census
department and other relevant bodies) with the intent of consolidating/coordinating
their planning roles where all information from the various units could be routinely
complied and analyzed.
2. Rationalize the development and distribution of health infrastructure
Mush of the emphasis in the next period should be planed on rationalizing available
resources and directing future growth in infrastructure. This effort is imperative to
eliminate the substantial waste in the existing health care system and to improve its
efficiency. This will require the establishment of a “certification of need” function in the
MOHP to set and impose guidelines for investment in facilities, maintenance and
technology for the whole health sector (MOHP, parastatal and private sectors) so as to
ensure that:
New facility construction and/or expansion is based on local community health
needs and rational indicators, such as bed to population ratio.
New capital-intensive technology acquisition is based on need, cost-effectiveness,
affordability and geographic mapping of similar technology.
Maintenance.
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