LEADER 02986nam 2200589 a 450 001 9910461387203321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-8213-8736-7 035 $a(CKB)2670000000107397 035 $a(EBL)744113 035 $a(OCoLC)745866894 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000565160 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12243961 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000565160 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10532404 035 $a(PQKB)10541818 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC744113 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL744113 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10506395 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000107397 100 $a20101227d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aFinancing health care in East Asia and the Pacific$b[electronic resource] $ebest practices and remaining challenges /$fJohn C. Langenbrunner, Aparnaa Somanathan 210 $aWashington, D.C. $cWorld Bank$dc2011 215 $a1 online resource (356 p.) 225 1 $aDirections in development : Human development 300 $aIncludes index. 311 $a0-8213-8682-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aWhy 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. 330 $aThe East Asia and Pacific region is characterized by wide variations in sources of healthcarefinancing, pooling of funds, purchasing of care services, and the extent to which thesepolicy instruments and programs provide social protection. Existing healthcare financingsystems in the region are under increasing pressure from a continued prevalence ofcommunicable diseases, an emergence of non communicable diseases, and a rapidlyaging population.Large inequalities between the poor and the prosperous in their access to healthcarefinancing mechanisms can be reformed and strengthened to improve outco 410 0$aDirections in development (Washington, D.C.).$pHuman development. 606 $aMedical economics$zEast Asia 606 $aMedical care, Cost of$zEast Asia 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aMedical economics 615 0$aMedical care, Cost of 676 $a338.4/73621095 700 $aLangenbrunner$b Jack$0916181 701 $aSomanathan$b Aparnaa$01050064 712 02$aWorld Bank. 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910461387203321 996 $aFinancing health care in East Asia and the Pacific$92479551 997 $aUNINA