Healthcare System in Saudi Arabia: A Comparison between Non-Profit and For-Profit Sectors

Running Head: HEALTHCARE 0

HEALTHCARE 1
Table of Contents
Proposal of new Hospital...........................................................................................................2
Non-Profit Healthcare Sectors...................................................................................................2
For profit Healthcare Sectors.....................................................................................................3
Comparison between profit and non-profit healthcare systems.................................................3
Benefits and Drawbacks of non-profit and for-profit healthcare sectors...................................4
Recommendation of best structure can opt................................................................................5
Conclusion..................................................................................................................................6
References..................................................................................................................................7

HEALTHCARE 2
Proposal of new Hospital
There can be seen continuous improvement in healthcare delivery in Saudi Arabia
(SA). The Saudi healthcare system is also supported by the government of Saudi and
persistent efforts of Ministry of Health (MOH) (Aldossary, While and Barriball, 2008). In
general or private healthcare centres, there are three stages of healthcare systems i.e. primary,
secondary and tertiary. Around 19 health regions are situated in 13 geographical regions of
SA where a healthcare director manages each healthcare region (Altuwaijri, 2008). SA is also
known to be as welfare country where these healthcare systems are authorised to provide
healthcare services free to the population of country and emigrants operating in community
hospitals.
Some of the healthcare services in SA includes specialised healthcare services like
cancer treatment under provision of non-profit public healthcare sectors (Aldossary, While
and Barriball, 2008). Contradictory, wealthy individuals pay a certain amount of fee to obtain
private healthcare services. This report offers a new hospital proposal including its
governance and legal structures. In addition, benefits and drawbacks are also being discussed
in relation with public-partnership partnership with good recommendations in respect with
structure serving needs of population.
Non-Profit Healthcare Sectors
In SA, Non-profit healthcare sectors include MOH hospitals and other associations
based free of charge healthcare centres. These public hospitals include standard goals to
protect health of population and deliver necessary healthcare services to hospital employees.
Public sectors account for more than 60% of healthcare services. Moreover, there are 274
MOH hospitals under non-profit healthcare sectors (MOH, 2014).
Several university hospitals and governmental agencies like Ministry of National
Guard Health Affairs also propose non-profit healthcare services including their workers and
dependents. The arrangement of community healthcare depends upon administrative reforms
of restructuring MOH structure, procedures, regulations and policies (MOH, 2014).
MOCI (Ministry of Commerce and Industry) in Saudi reported an instrument in
relation with Non-Profit Companies Law including objective of assisting the community