Private health sector Kabul and prospects for its development

Abstract

Purpose of the study. Study of the state and prospects of development of the private sector in the Kabul city health management system.

Material and methods. The research material is based on consolidated data of annual reports of medical and preventive treatment facilities of the city of Kabul, the IGA, which switched to new methods of financing in the period 2003-2021.

Results. The potential of a private health care system in Kabul is not demanded by the state. The public health system in Kabul is characterized by the dominance of the public sector with an emerging upward trend in the private sector.

Conclusion. The health care system of Kabul, the is multi-structured, consists of the public and private sectors with a predominance of the private. Government health policy is aimed at expanding the private sector, but under tight government regulation. The main obstacles in the development of private sector of healthcare of Kabul city are: lack of security, poverty of the population, imperfect regulatory documents, lack of a proper regulatory legal base.