A systematic assessment of the concept and practice of public-private mix for tuberculosis care and control

Table 1 Matrix illustrating extent of engagement of different partner groups from analysis of NTP manager interviews

	PSHP^a				OPS^b					PFP^c				NGO^d
	Qual clini serv^e	Spec. refer serv^f	Other ver. Prog^g	Semi-public serv^h	Min. provid comm living facilⁱ	Min. of social secur^j	Health insurance	Other ministries	Para-statals	Qual clini serv^e	Qual ancill health serv^k	Informal providers	Work-place programmes	Qual clini serv^e	Internationnal NGOs	Informal un-qualified providers	TOTAL SCORE
SERVICES
Advocacy	3	0	3	0	2	1	1	2	3	1	0	1	3	2	1	4	27
Active suspect identification	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Diagnosis	9	1	6	0	11	1	0	2	4	12	4	0	6	9	2	1	68
Referral	1	0	1	0	3	1	0	2	2	4	2	1	1	1	0	3	22
Treatment	9	2	6	0	11	1	0	2	4	12	2	0	5	9	1	2	66
Health Education	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
Reporting	9	2	6	0	10	1	0	1	3	12	4		5	8	2	2	65
DOT^l	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3
Treatment support	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	5	11
Defaulter tracing	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2
Political lobbying	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	7
Follow up of work places	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
TOTAL SCORE	32	5	24	0	37	7	1	13	16	43	12	3	24	32	7	18
INPUTS
ACSM/IEC^m	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	4
BCGⁿ	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
Diagnosis	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Drugs	4	0	3	0	9	1	0	2	4	9	1	0	3	7	2	2	47
Defaulter tracing	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Pay for service	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	5
Diagnostic supplies	2	0	1	0	5	0	0	0	2	6	0	0	2	7	0	0	25
Monitoring supplies	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	6
Supervision	4	1	2	0	4	0	0	0	1	3	1	0	2	5	0	2	25
Capacity building	3	0	1	0	6	1	0	0	2	5	1	1	3	5	0	2	30
Transport	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
TB-clinic (building)	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
TOTAL SCORE	16	1	8	0	28	2	0	2	11	27	4	1	10	27	3	7

NB: Highest ranking provider group, service type and input type are highlighted in bold.
a PSHP = Public Sector Health Partner
b OPS = Other Public Sector
c PFP = Private for Profit
d NGO = Non Governmental Organisation
e Qual. clin. serv. = Qualified clinical services
f Spec. refer serv. = Specialist referral services
g Other ver. prog = Other vertical programmes
h Semi public serv. = Semi-public services
i Min. provid. comm living facil = Ministries providing communal living facilities
j Min. of social secure = Ministry of social security
k Qual ancill health serv = Qualified ancillary health services
l DOT = Directly Observed Treatment
m ACSM/IEC = Advocacy, Communication and Social Mobilisation/Information, Education and Communication
n BCG = Bacille Calmette Guérin vaccine

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