Health Care Policy Analysis

Running Head: HEALTH CARE POLICY ANALYSIS
HEALTH CARE POLICY ANALYSIS
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HEALTH CARE POLICY ANALYSIS
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Stake holders are defined as the entities which are integrally involved in the healthcare
delivery to the patient and are majorly affected by the restructurings to the system. According to
the Aldosari (2017), different stakeholders who are involved in the healthcare system are,
physicians, patients, health insurance organizations, pharmaceutical firms and the government.
All the stakeholders involved in the healthcare system have different roles in providing better
treatment of the patient. The health care policy of the Saudi Arabia, possess impact on the
participation of the different stakeholders (Algahtani et al., 2017).
Patient:
One of the most important stakeholders involved in the healthcare delivery systems is the
client himself. Patient also has their own ethical responsibility towards the health and the health-
associated costs (Alshahrani, Stewart & MacLure, 2019). The healthcare policy aims to reduce
the healthcare costs of the patient and enhances the primary healthcare access to the patient.
According to Mirza et al., (2019), the prevalence rate of the chronic illness among the population
of the Saudi Arabia is increasing exponentially possessing an economic burden on patient due to
the increased healthcare costs for the treatment (ALKADI, 2016). The healthcare regulations of
the Saudi Arabia also offer to safeguard the personal information of the patient which abides to
the ethical principle of the patient (Rahman & Alsharqi, 2019). The healthcare services of the
Saudi Arabia are managed by the public and the private healthcare reform. Hence, the patient
does not have to pay for the public healthcare facilities. According to the Patient’s Bill of Rights
(2019), of Saudi Arabia, the citizens of the Saudi Arabia have the right to access healthcare
service from the government.

HEALTH CARE POLICY ANALYSIS
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In some cases, the patient intends to change the treatment procedure or modify their
decision regarding the treatment which impacts the roles and positions of the other stake holders
Government:
According to Ahmad and Khalaf (2017), there is a correlation between the government
regulations and the health service government. The government of the Saudi Arabia leads
different healthcare regulations such as, policy of privatization, health insurance policy for the
population of the Saudi Arabia, armed force medical services, medical training and government
legislations. All the policy formulated by the government aims to enhance the quality of life of
the public health. They invest in the regulation of the policy services and others services
provided by the government such as, education of the patient, healthcare products and the other
important items. Government is considered as one of the most important stakeholders that spends
the majority for the healthcare delivery
Competitors:
Competitors in this perspective can be defined as the healthcare sector which also has the
major contribution in the healthcare reform such as, private hospitals, university hospitals, health
insurance companies and other health care sector. According to Almutairi, (2017), these
competitors mainly contribute into the external health care sector that is in the Non-Saudi
Hospitals and in the hospitals outside Saudi Arabia. Rendering to the research conducted by
Alharbi, Atkins & Stanier, (2017), the healthcare policy formulated by the government is
responsible for strengthening or weakening of the competition. The policy affects the
pharmaceutical market and can lead to loss of the pharmaceutical companies. The government
should include the above mentioned competitors in the health policy in order to improve the