Objective Most of Central American health systems are fragmented. There are various sectors, including often-unregulated private healthcare, providing first line health services with different access, quality and range of activities. This leads to problems of equity and efficiency. Contracting out is fashionable in Central America to improve State regulation of private providers. This concerted action will build an analytical framework of local experiences of contracting private first line health services by public actors. One of its main feature, will be to describe the effects of contracting on sustainability, equity and efficiency in the provision of services on the base of the perception of target population, in addition to those of public purchaser, and private providers. The final aim of this framework is to strengthen the state by giving better capacity of policies adaptations to regulate private providers. Programme(s) FP5-INCO 2 - Programme for research, technological development and demonstration on "Confirming the international role of Community research,1998-2002" Topic(s) Data not available Call for proposal Data not available Funding Scheme CON - Coordination of research actions Coordinator UNIVERSITE LIBRE DE BRUXELLES EU contribution No data Address Route de Lennik 808 1070 BRUXELLES Belgium See on map Total cost No data Participants (6) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all PARROQUIA SANTIAGO JOCOTAN Guatemala EU contribution No data Address Barrio San Sebastian 20004 CHIQUIMULA - JOCOTAN See on map Total cost No data STICHTING KATHOLIEKE UNIVERSITEIT Netherlands EU contribution No data Address 10,Geert Grooteplein 10 6500 HB NIJMEGEN See on map Total cost No data UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA Costa Rica EU contribution No data Address Ciudad Universitaria "Rodrigo Facio" 2060 SAN PEDRO See on map Total cost No data UNIVERSIDAD DE EL SALVADOR El Salvador EU contribution No data Address Final 25 Avenida Norte y Boulevard de Los Heroes, SAN SALVADOR See on map Total cost No data UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTONOMA DE NICARAGUA Nicaragua EU contribution No data Address Recinto Universitario "Ruben Dario", UNAN-Managua MANAGUA See on map Total cost No data UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS United Kingdom EU contribution No data Address Clarendon Road 71-75 LS12 9PL LEEDS See on map Total cost No data