Abstract:
Provision of health care is one of the basic human rights and needs. Health care provision is one of the services most of the government around the world provide to their citizens. Just like all the other developing countries Pakistan has been trying to improve its health sector through different reforms. These reforms include policy changes and introduction of different health programs. Although Pakistan has made some progress to increase the efficiency of health care in the country by introducing policy changes like decentralization and other administrative changes. However many other important factors like patient satisfaction are being ignored. This study aims to discuss important indicators of good health that are satisfaction and efficiency. It will find out how the health sector reform has contributed to these indicators. This study will briefly explore what health sector efficiency is according to different researches and how it can be achieved.
Pakistan faces huge challenges in controlling the maternal and child health problems. Compared to other developing countries it has a higher rate of child mortality. Different programs and policies are continuously being introduced by the government to cope with the issue. This study aims to see if the reforms in the specific area are effective or not. For the purpose of research an important health program “maternal and child health” will be studied thoroughly. In addition to this, some ground level surveys will be conducted and the impact of reforms will be seen. Moreover, based on the result of proper analysis we came to know that there is direct relation between the effectiveness of the services and performance. Effectiveness in services leads to increase in efficiency, higher level of satisfaction and easy accessibility of healthcare to each and every citizen. In order to increase the effectiveness, introduction of ICT in hospitals and raising health budget both at provincial and federal level is important.
