A recent study by the World Bank found that out-of-pocket-spending (OOPS) accounted for 73.9 percent of health expenditure in Bangladesh. We agree with the WB that the government must make major health financing reforms and significantly increase public financing for the health sector. It is disappointing that, while the government has embarked on huge, costly, infrastructural projects when it comes to developing the health sector, the efforts have been grossly inadequate. Bangladesh should adopt the examples of other countries that have successful national healthcare systems and incorporate these models in our own health sector. But even within Bangladesh, there have been successful private models that can easily be replicated in a national health plan.
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