Public and Private Healthcare in Bangladesh Perspective: A Review

Abstract

Bangladesh government values the significance of health towards building a healthy and productive Population. The health care system of Bangladesh is mainly divided into two categories, private and public health care. The government is encouraging both the health sectors to achieve Universal Health Coverage (UHC) by 2032. In private health care system, patients pay for medical services mainly out-of-pocket. On the other hand, in public health care system, services are typically free and all citizens have equal access to these services regardless of their financial or social status. The public healthcare system is organized and controlled under the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare but private health service is organized and controlled by individual owner under monitoring of Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. The quality of services provided by Private health sector is much better than public health sector but it is more costly. more expensive than the public system. Overall, the healthcare system of Bangladesh has seen significant improvements in recent years, but still faces several challenges. By working together of public and private health care sectors, every Bangladeshis have access to the healthcare services they need to live healthy and achieve universal health coverage (UHC) by 2032.