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Table 5. Scorecard <strong>of</strong> <strong>contractual</strong> <strong>arrangements</strong> <strong>in</strong> Lebanon<br />

Lebanon<br />

Contractual arrangement What the arrangement achieves Challenges to meet<br />

MOPH<br />

1) Primary care (primary<br />

care centres)<br />

2) Hospitalization (private<br />

and public hospitals)<br />

3) Social welfare<br />

(nongovernmental<br />

organizations)<br />

• Provide primary care services to un<strong>in</strong>sured Lebanese<br />

• When network is complete, it would cover all geographic areas<br />

• Provide nongovernmental organizations with needed support (e.g.<br />

essential drugs and vacc<strong>in</strong>es) and help them improve performance<br />

• Provide hospitalization services to un<strong>in</strong>sured Lebanese, promot<strong>in</strong>g<br />

equity<br />

• Cover all geographical areas<br />

• Beneficiary chooses provider<br />

• Accreditation system helps select the better hospitals<br />

• Flat rates for many surgical procedures decrease costs<br />

• Supervis<strong>in</strong>g physicians ensure <strong>in</strong>dications, appropriates <strong>of</strong> care, and<br />

appropriate bill<strong>in</strong>g<br />

• Support work <strong>of</strong> nongovernmental organizations on heath and <strong>health</strong><br />

determ<strong>in</strong>ants<br />

• Promote equity<br />

4) Chronic drugs (YMCA) • Procure, store and distribute essential drugs for chronic conditions<br />

• Decrease cost <strong>of</strong> care<br />

• Improve access and thus promote equity<br />

5) Immunization<br />

(UNICEF)<br />

• Secure immunization material<br />

• Decrease costs<br />

• Improve access and thus promote equity<br />

• Monitor and ensure quality<br />

• Assess impact<br />

• Impact the different agendas <strong>of</strong> primary care centre<br />

• Implement a true primary <strong>health</strong> care model (i.e.<br />

beyond primary care)<br />

• Prevent abuse<br />

• Monitor and ensure quality<br />

• Assess impact<br />

• Control escalat<strong>in</strong>g costs<br />

• Apply flat fees to all hospitalizations (surgical and<br />

medical)<br />

• Resist political pressures for <strong>in</strong>clusion <strong>of</strong> more<br />

hospitals<br />

• Hospitals have tremendous leverage<br />

• Monitor performance<br />

• Assess impact<br />

• Monitor and ensure quality <strong>of</strong> prescrib<strong>in</strong>g<br />

• L<strong>in</strong>k to proper management <strong>of</strong> chronic conditions (e.g.<br />

algorithms)<br />

• Develop alternative mechanisms <strong>in</strong> case NGO<br />

withdraws<br />

• F<strong>in</strong>d alternative sources if UNICEF withdraws

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