TY - BOOK ID - 30509713 TI - Private health sector assessment in Kenya AU - Barnes, Jeff. AU - World Bank. PY - 2010 SN - 1282725629 9786612725623 0821383639 0821383590 PB - Washington, D.C. : World Bank, DB - UniCat KW - Medical care KW - Medical economics KW - Health facilities, Proprietary KW - Medical care surveys KW - Health care surveys KW - For profit health facilities KW - Health facilities, Investor-owned KW - Health facilities, Private for profit KW - Investor-owned health facilities KW - Private for profit health facilities KW - Proprietary health facilities KW - Economics, Medical KW - Health KW - Health economics KW - Hygiene KW - Medicine KW - Delivery of health care KW - Delivery of medical care KW - Health care KW - Health care delivery KW - Health services KW - Healthcare KW - Medical and health care industry KW - Medical services KW - Personal health services KW - Surveys KW - Economic aspects KW - Health surveys KW - Medical corporations KW - Public health UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:30509713 AB - Kenya's private sector is one of the most developed and dynamic in Sub-Saharan Africa. In the health sector - where the leading causes of death are HIV/AIDS, acute respiratory infection, diarrheal diseases, and malaria - the private commercial (for-profit) sector and the not-for-profit sector play critical roles in preventing and treating disease. Even among the poor, the private sector is an important source of care. For example, 47 percent of the poorest quintile of Kenyans use a private facility when a child is sick. In recognition of this important role, the Government of Kenya (GOK) has d ER -