03009nam 22006494a 450 991045045580332120200520144314.01-280-54258-697866105425810-8213-6586-X(CKB)1000000000247135(EBL)459483(OCoLC)71316920(SSID)ssj0000554405(PQKBManifestationID)11392536(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000554405(PQKBWorkID)10513281(PQKB)10435704(MiAaPQ)EBC459483(Au-PeEL)EBL459483(CaPaEBR)ebr10132037(CaONFJC)MIL54258(OCoLC)813537266(EXLCZ)99100000000024713520060323d2006 uf 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrHealth financing revisited[electronic resource] a practitioner's guide /Pablo Gottret, George SchieberWashington, DC World Bankc20061 online resource (340 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8213-6585-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Acronyms and Abbreviations; Overview; 1 Health transitions, disease burdens, and health expenditure patterns; Figures; Tables; 2 Collecting revenue, pooling risk, and purchasing services; Boxes; 3 Risk pooling mechanisms; 4 External assistance for health; 5 Improving health outcomes; 6 Increasing the efficiency of government spending; 7 Financing health in low-income countries; 8 Financing health in middle-income countries; 9 Financing health in high-income countries; IndexThis overview of health financing tools, policies and trends--with a particular focus on challenges facing developing countries--provides the basis for effective policy-making. Analyzing the current global environment, the book discusses health financing goals in the context of both the underlying health, demographic, social, economic, political and demographic analytics as well as the institutional realities faced by developing countries, and assesses policy options in the context of global evidence, the international aid architecture, cross-sectoral interactions, and countries' macroeconomicMedical careFinanceMedical care, Cost ofMedical policyWorld healthElectronic books.Medical careFinance.Medical care, Cost of.Medical policy.World health.362.1068/1Gottret Pablo E(Pablo Enrique),1959-888721Schieber George888722MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910450455803321Health financing revisited1985251UNINA