03250oam 22007335 450 991078362610332120200520144314.01-280-54258-697866105425810-8213-6586-X10.1596/978-0-8213-6585-4(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(The World Bank)ocm65400784(US-djbf)14311827(EXLCZ)99100000000024713520060323d2006 uf 0engurcn|||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierHealth financing revisited : a practitioner's guide /Pablo Gottret, George SchieberWashington, DC :World Bank,[2006]copyright 2006.xvii, 318 pages illustrations ;23 cmDescription 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' macroeconomicWorld Bank e-Library.Medical careFinanceMedical care, Cost ofMedical policyWorld healthMedical careFinance.Medical care, Cost of.Medical policy.World health.362.1068/1Gottret Pablo E(Pablo Enrique),1959-1464899Schieber George1464900DLCDLCYDXBAKERZCUDLCBOOK9910783626103321Health financing revisited3674706UNINA