By Mohammed H. Mufti
This paintings bargains with the present overall healthiness coverage surroundings, association and supply of well-being prone within the country of Saudi Arabia. It discusses current financing skill, and destiny financing equipment equivalent to a proposed nationwide medical insurance application and user-changes in addition to very important strategic concerns. it truly is for healthcare administrators, planners and strategists and may be of curiosity to specialists and foreign traders in well-being approach reorganization.
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However, after the rush to the development phase, when many of the facilities are in place, emphasis shifted from monumental projects of very large hospitals to building clinics throughout the Kingdom to be used as units for primary health care. The acting Minister of Health at the time, Dr. Ghazi Al-Gosaibi, stressed this policy change in the words, “no more white elephants,” referring to the change in favor of smaller hospitals. 10For example, during the Fourth Development Plan, approximately 100 30-bed hospitals were built in rural areas - a far cry from the 300-500 bed hospitals common during preceding development plans.
A change of contractor sometimes meant the procurement of new equipment to suit incoming professionals, and sometimes mean the obsolescence of some equipment. 11 As discussed further in the section on reasons for cost increases, duplication of resources, particularly expensive medical equipment, occurs because of competition among health sectors. Availability of expensive medical equipment is seen as a status symbol. There is therefore no incentive to explore the possibility of making use of such equipment in another facility, since that does not enhance prestige.
After all, when patients need care, competency is more significant than the nationality of professionals. When Saudis went abroad in large numbers for medical care, the nationality of professionals was not an issue. This being stated, there is no denial that reliance on foreigners poses both financial and cultural problems, and, therefore, having more Saudis is highly desirable. Much of the argument, however, has more to do with costs, as there are no serious negative impacts on the quality of care provided because services are provided by non-Saudis.