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YEAR: 1997

CATEGORY: Contraception (Birth Control) and Family Planning

TITLE

Providers and consumers of commercial sector family planning services. A

summary.

AUTHORS

Hopstock P; Sherpick A; Briceno C

SOURCE

Arlington, Virginia, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu International, Promoting Financial

Investments and Transfers to Involve the Commercial Sector in Family Planning

[PROFIT], [1997]. 4 p. In Brief

ABSTRACT

This report discusses the role of the private sector in the provision of family planning services in developing

countries. The private sector in developing countries provides contraception to about 20% of women who use

modern methods. Commercial providers tend to dispense methods such as condoms, pills, and vaginals to clients

of higher socioeconomic class. Commercial providers are desired for higher quality, convenience, and privacy of

services. Public providers have lower priced supplies. The private sector provides 7% of the total number of married

women of reproductive age with contraception. The non-profit sector provides 5% of all married reproductive-age

women with contraception. The public sector serves about 23%. 69% of the private sector methods are pills and

condoms; 25% are injectables and IUDs; 5% are sterilization services; and 2% are other methods. Pharmacies are

the most used in the commercial sector. 4% of married women of reproductive age rely on pharmacies for supplies.

Commercial doctors supply 1.4% of the women, midwives supply 0.7%, and shops or markets supply 0.6%. The key

motivation for private sector sales is profit. Other motivations include independence, flexibility, lighter workloads,

opportunities for growth, concern for their patients, and concern over rapid population growth. Services are

constrained by lack of training and by policy and regulatory conditions. Profits are constrained by the availability of

subsidized family planning services and methods, limited access to capital and cash flow problems, and weak

commercial distribution channels. The private sector offers consumers competence and friendliness of staff, quality

of the consultation, quality of the waiting conditions, trustworthiness, shorter waiting times, longer hours of

operation, and privacy of services. (PubHealth.info Document ID: CONT2T 1018-06)

PubHealth.info NOTE: The author(s) of this article titled, "Providers and consumers of commercial sector family

planning services. A summary.", is(are) Hopstock P; Sherpick A; Briceno C. The source of this article is "Arlington,

Virginia, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu International, Promoting Financial Investments and Transfers to Involve the

Commercial Sector in Family Planning [PROFIT], [1997]. 4 p. In Brief". This article was published in 1997 in English

language(s). (PubHealth.info® Document ID: CONT2T 1018-06. All rights reserved with PubHealth.info) PIN: 6018

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