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UNINA9910814533003321 |
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Titolo |
Health system innovations in Central America : : lessons and impact of new approaches / / edited by Gerard M. La Forgia |
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Washington, DC : , : World Bank, , 2005 |
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1-280-16886-2 |
9786610168866 |
0-8213-6279-8 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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Collana |
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World Bank working paper ; ; no. 57 |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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La ForgiaGerard M (Gerard Martin) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Health care reform - Central America |
Medical policy - Central America |
Medical care - Central America |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Acronyms and Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Is the Perfect the Enemy of the Good? A Case Study on Large-Scale Contracting for Basic Health Services in Rural Guatemala; 2. Contracting for Basic Health Care in Rural Guatemala-Comparison of Performance of the Performance of Three Delivery Models; 3. The San Miguelito Hospital Reform in Panama-Evaluation and Lessons; 4. Contracting Primary Health Care Services-The Case of Costa Rica; 5. The Nicaraguan Social Security Health Insurance Scheme- A Promising Work in Progress |
6. A New Dimension for Health Reform-The Integrated Community Child Health Program in Honduras7. Improving Efficiency and Impact in Health Care Services- Lessons from Central America; Contributors |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Similar to developing countries elsewhere, during the 1990's, Central American countries faced pressures to improve the performance of their health systems. In most countries, there was a consensus that the systems were failing to live up to their potential. Rather than take on system-wide change, each country opted to step into reform through launching innovations to address specific problems or deficiencies in a particular program, function or intervention of the system. Health |
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