LEADER 03365oam 22006615 450 001 9910814533003321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-280-16886-2 010 $a9786610168866 010 $a0-8213-6279-8 024 7 $a10.1596/978-0-8213-6278-5 035 $a(CKB)1000000000033595 035 $a(EBL)459554 035 $a(OCoLC)60844963 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000087293 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11110445 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000087293 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10053148 035 $a(PQKB)10143303 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC459554 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL459554 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10082371 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL16886 035 $a(The World Bank)2005048642 035 $a(US-djbf)13977018 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000033595 100 $a20050520d2005 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 00$aHealth system innovations in Central America : $elessons and impact of new approaches /$fedited by Gerard M. La Forgia 210 1$aWashington, DC :$cWorld Bank,$d2005. 215 $ax, 213 pages ;$d25 cm 225 0 $aWorld Bank working paper ;$vno. 57 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8213-6278-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $aContents; 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 Progress 327 $a6. 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; Contributors 330 $aSimilar to developing countries elsewhere, during the 1990's, Central American countries faced pressures to improve the performance of their health systems. In most countries, there was a consensus that the systems were failing to live up to their potential. Rather than take on system-wide change, each country opted to step into reform through launching innovations to address specific problems or deficiencies in a particular program, function or intervention of the system. Health Systems Innovations in Central America reports on how these experiences fared -- a hospital in Panama, a nutrition 410 0$aWorld Bank e-Library. 606 $aHealth care reform$zCentral America 606 $aMedical policy$zCentral America 606 $aMedical care$zCentral America 615 0$aHealth care reform 615 0$aMedical policy 615 0$aMedical care 676 $a362.1/0425 701 $aLa Forgia$b Gerard M$g(Gerard Martin)$01085723 801 0$bDLC 801 1$bDLC 801 2$bDLC 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910814533003321 996 $aHealth system innovations in Central America$93947085 997 $aUNINA