Health Care Services and Government Spending in Pakistan.pdf

PIDE Working Papers 2007:32 Health Care Services and Government Spending in Pakistan Muhammad Akram International Institute of Islamic Economics International Islamic University, Islamabad and Faheem Jehangir Khan Pakistan Institute of Development Economics, Islamabad PAKISTAN INSTITUTE OF DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS ISLAMABAD 2 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means—electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise—without prior permission of the author(s) and or the Pakistan Institute of Development Economics, P. O. Box 1091, Islamabad 44000. © Pakistan Institute of Development Economics, 2007. Pakistan Institute of Development Economics Islamabad, Pakistan E-mail: publications@.pk Website: .pk Fax: +92-51-9210886 Designed, composed, and finished at the Publications Division, PIDE. C O N T E N T S Page Abstract v 1. Introduction and Background 1 2. Literature Review 2 3. Policies Emphasising Health Care Services in Pakistan 4 3.1. Health Millennium Development Goals (2015) 5 3.2. Medium Term Development Framework (2005–10) 7 3.3. Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers 9 3.4. National Health Policy (Healt