Safeguarding the health sector in times of macroeconomic instability [[electronic resource] ] : policy lessons for low- and middle-income countries / / editors: Slim Haddad, Enis Baris, Delampady Narayana

• Pubblicazione: Trenton, N.J., : Africa World Press, c2007
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (375 p.)
• Disciplina: 362.109172/4
• Soggetto topico: Health care reform - Economic aspects - Developing countries; Medical policy - Economic aspects - Developing countries; Political planning - Developing countries - Finance; Structural adjustment (Economic policy) - Developing countries; Economic stabilization - Developing countries; Medical economics - Developing countries
• Altri autori: HaddadSlim BarisEnis NarayanaD
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: The MAPhealth project: a multi-country initiative -- Macroeconomic adjustment policies and health sector reform: surveying the literature -- Methodological issues in evaluating public policy -- Health sector reform under macroeconomic adjustment in Burkina Faso: lost opportunities? -- Aiming for equity in Colombia's health system reform: achievements and continuing challenges -- Adjustment and health sector reforms: the solution to low public spending on health care in India? -- High health achievements and good access to health care at great cost: the emerging Kerala situation -- Reform without structural change: conserving traditional sources of power and prestige in Mexico's segmented health market -- The evolution of Thailand's health system after three crises, three adjustments, and three decades of growth -- Safeguarding the health sector in times of macroeconomic instability: policy lessons from Zimbabwe -- Political will and adaptive strategies: keys to safeguarding health in diverse cases with varied reforms.
• Sommario/riassunto: Safeguarding the Health Sector in Times of Macroeconomic Instability presents the results of an international initiative to document the effects of how health systems in the developing world have responded to macroeconomic austerity and adjustment measures. Are these systems flexible and resilient to changes or are they rigid? In which circumstances and under which conditions do health systems respond favourably or unfavourably? What are the success stories? Country studies from Burkina Faso, Zimbabwe, India, Thailand, Mexico, and Colombia discuss lessons learned and identify policy measures f
• Titolo autorizzato: Safeguarding the health sector in times of macroeconomic instability
• ISBN: 1-281-12793-0; 9786611127930; 1-55250-370-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910778364403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II