02986nam 2200589 a 450 991046138720332120200520144314.00-8213-8736-7(CKB)2670000000107397(EBL)744113(OCoLC)745866894(SSID)ssj0000565160(PQKBManifestationID)12243961(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000565160(PQKBWorkID)10532404(PQKB)10541818(MiAaPQ)EBC744113(Au-PeEL)EBL744113(CaPaEBR)ebr10506395(EXLCZ)99267000000010739720101227d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrFinancing health care in East Asia and the Pacific[electronic resource] best practices and remaining challenges /John C. Langenbrunner, Aparnaa SomanathanWashington, D.C. World Bankc20111 online resource (356 p.)Directions in development : Human developmentIncludes index.0-8213-8682-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.Why this health financing note -- Background and overview of the East Asia and Pacific Region and the health sectors -- Importance of investing in health and a framework for managing and using funds in the sector -- Mobilization of revenues for health -- Pooling and management of funds -- Resource allocation and purchasing (RAP) -- Connecting financing and delivery of services : institutional and organizational characteristics in EAP countries -- Assessing performance in EAP : efficiency and equity of health financing.The East Asia and Pacific region is characterized by wide variations in sources of healthcarefinancing, pooling of funds, purchasing of care services, and the extent to which thesepolicy instruments and programs provide social protection. Existing healthcare financingsystems in the region are under increasing pressure from a continued prevalence ofcommunicable diseases, an emergence of non communicable diseases, and a rapidlyaging population.Large inequalities between the poor and the prosperous in their access to healthcarefinancing mechanisms can be reformed and strengthened to improve outcoDirections in development (Washington, D.C.).Human development.Medical economicsEast AsiaMedical care, Cost ofEast AsiaElectronic books.Medical economicsMedical care, Cost of338.4/73621095Langenbrunner Jack916181Somanathan Aparnaa1050064World Bank.MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910461387203321Financing health care in East Asia and the Pacific2479551UNINA