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Table 1 Overview of different types of contracting

From: Internal contracting of health services in Cambodia: drivers for change and lessons learned after a decade of external contracting

External contracting: Contracting out

An external service provider is engaged through a contract to provide services with maximum control over the resources and how services should be delivered

External contracting: Contracting in

An external service provider is brought in to manage and operate service provision institutions with some control over resources and services arrangements

Internal contracting

Internal contracting is a form of relational contracting whereby responsibility is delegated to peripheral units under the same legal entity e.g. governments contract with public providers i.e. with autonomous institutions which remain under public ownership