04622nam 2200613Ia 450 991045041490332120200520144314.01-280-08532-097866100853231-4175-5469-X(CKB)1000000000024249(EBL)3050745(OCoLC)469633477(SSID)ssj0000087238(PQKBManifestationID)11110895(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000087238(PQKBWorkID)10054718(PQKB)11452415(MiAaPQ)EBC3050745(Au-PeEL)EBL3050745(CaPaEBR)ebr10068575(CaONFJC)MIL8532(EXLCZ)99100000000002424920040429d2004 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrA guide to competitive vouchers in health[electronic resource]Washington, DC World Bank20041 online resource (128 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8213-5855-3 Includes bibliographical references and index.TABLE OF CONTENTS; Foreword; Preface; PART I WHAT ARE HEALTH CARE VOUCHERS AND HOW DO THEY WORK?; Chapter 1 Delivering Public Subsidies in Health Care; Why Do Government Subsidies Do So Little to Help the Poor?; When Are Subsidies for Health Services Justified?; Demand-Side versus Supply-Side Subsidies; Other Factors Influencing the Effectiveness of Subsidies; Chapter 2 Benefits of Competitive Voucher Schemes for Health; How Does a Voucher Scheme Work?; What Are the Advantages of Health Vouchers?; PART II INTRODUCING A VOUCHER SCHEME; Chapter 3 Conducting Prefeasibility StudiesIdentifying the Health Sector Problem and the Aims of the Voucher SchemeJustifying the Use of a Voucher Scheme; Funding the Scheme; Understanding the Context in Which Subsidies Will Be Introduced; Building Partnerships; Checklist for Prefeasibility Assessment; Chapter 4 Conducting a Feasibility Assessment; Identifying Potential Impediments; Identifying Potential Advantages; Determining Whether a Voucher Scheme Is Financially Feasible; Weighing the Potential Benefits and Obstacles of a Voucher System; Checklist for Feasibility Assessment; Chapter 5 Designing a Voucher SchemeChoosing a Voucher AgencyEstablishing Recipient Policies; Determining Benefit Policies; Determining Price Policies; Determining Provider Policies; Determining Reimbursement Value Policies; Designing the Vouchers and Other Materials; Transport and Communications; Distributing the Vouchers; Payment of Service Providers; Developing Information Systems; Checklist for Voucher Design; Chapter 6 Implementing a Voucher Scheme; Tendering for Service Providers; Negotiating Contracts; Contracting; Training; Piloting; Institutionalizing; Scaling Up; Chapter 7 Monitoring and Evaluating a Voucher ProgramMonitoring Service QualityMonitoring Competition among Providers; Monitoring to Detect Abuse of the Voucher Scheme; Monitoring the Characteristics of Voucher Recipients and Redeemers; Monitoring and Evaluating Health Outcomes; Monitoring and Evaluating the Impact on Equity and Poverty Reduction; Monitoring and Evaluating Cost-Effectiveness; References; Index; Boxes; Box 2-1 Varying the Service Package According to the Needs of the Patient in Nicaragua; Box 3-1 Prefeasibility Work on a Voucher Scheme for Cervical Cancer ScreeningBox 4-1 Political Impediments to Voucher Schemes in El Salvador and HondurasBox 4-2 Are Vouchers Stigmatizing?; Box 4-3 Assessing the Feasibility of a Tuberculosis Voucher Scheme for Private Practitioners; Box 5-1 Who Runs the Voucher Program?; Box 5-2 How Can Vouchers Be Made Nontransferable?; Box 5-3 Benefit Policies: The Importance of Stating the Limits; Box 5-4 Price Policies Used by Different Voucher Schemes; Box 5-5 Choosing Service Providers that Meet Program Needs; Box 5-6 Designing the Voucher; Box 5-7 Facing the Challenges of Transport and CommunicationsBox 5-8 Using Village Leaders to Distribute VouchersMedical care, Cost ofUnited StatesMedical careFinanceUnited StatesElectronic books.Medical care, Cost ofMedical careFinance338.4/33621/0973MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910450414903321A guide to competitive vouchers in health2071006UNINA