03365oam 22006615 450 991081453300332120200520144314.01-280-16886-297866101688660-8213-6279-810.1596/978-0-8213-6278-5(CKB)1000000000033595(EBL)459554(OCoLC)60844963(SSID)ssj0000087293(PQKBManifestationID)11110445(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000087293(PQKBWorkID)10053148(PQKB)10143303(MiAaPQ)EBC459554(Au-PeEL)EBL459554(CaPaEBR)ebr10082371(CaONFJC)MIL16886(The World Bank)2005048642(US-djbf)13977018(EXLCZ)99100000000003359520050520d2005 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierHealth system innovations in Central America : lessons and impact of new approaches /edited by Gerard M. La ForgiaWashington, DC :World Bank,2005.x, 213 pages ;25 cmWorld Bank working paper ;no. 57Description based upon print version of record.0-8213-6278-X Includes bibliographical references.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 Progress6. 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; ContributorsSimilar 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 Systems Innovations in Central America reports on how these experiences fared -- a hospital in Panama, a nutritionWorld Bank e-Library.Health care reformCentral AmericaMedical policyCentral AmericaMedical careCentral AmericaHealth care reformMedical policyMedical care362.1/0425La Forgia Gerard M(Gerard Martin)1085723DLCDLCDLCBOOK9910814533003321Health system innovations in Central America3947085UNINA