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Titolo: | Spending wisely : : buying health services for the poor / / Alexander S. Preker, John C. Langenbrunner |
Pubblicazione: | Washington, DC : , : World Bank, , 2004 |
Descrizione fisica: | xvii, 413 pages : ill ; ; 26 cm |
Disciplina: | 338.4/33621 |
Soggetto topico: | Poor - Medical care - Economic aspects |
Poor - Medical care - Finance | |
Altri autori: | LangenbrunnerJack PrekerAlexander S. <1951-> |
Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | Contents; Acknowledgments; Acronyms and Abbreviations; Introduction; Part I: The Conceptual Framework; Part II: Making Strategic Purchasing Pro-Poor; Part III: Purchasing Health Services; Part IV: Purchasing Inputs; Part V: Supply, Demand, And Markets; Part VI: Legal And Regulatory Issues; PART I. THE CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; 1. Managing Scarcity through Strategic Purchasing of Health Care; The Evolution of Health Systems and Collective Financing of Health Care; Reform Trends in Public Spending on Health Care; Continued Need for Strong Public Policy in Managing Scarce Resources |
The Purchaser-Provider SplitGetting Value for Public Money Spent on Health Care; Forthcoming Books on Resource Allocation and Purchasing in the Health Sector; References; 2. For Whom to Buy? Are Free Government Health Services the Best Way to Reach the Poor?; The Beneficiaries of Government Health Service Expenditures; Focusing Government Services on the Poor; Encouraging the Better-Off to Pay for Their Own Services; Conclusions; Notes; References; 3. What to Buy? Revisiting Priority Setting in Health Care; Some Approaches to Priority Setting; Economic Evaluation; Equity Issues | |
Practical ConstraintsConclusions; References; 4. From Whom to Buy? Selecting Providers; Defining and Identifying Eligible Providers and Matching the Intervention; Can the Purchaser Buy the Desired Intervention from the Eligible Providers?; References; 5. How to Pay? Understanding and Using Payment Incentives; Payment System Types and a Conceptual Framework for Incentives; Which Payment System Should Be Chosen?; Discussion; Notes; References; 6. At What Price? Affordable and Realistic Fees; Overview of Provider Payment Methods; Calculating Costs-Methods and Information Available | |
Characteristics of Purchasers and ProvidersConclusions; Notes; References; PART II. MAKING STRATEGIC PURCHASING PRO-POOR; 7. The Equity Dimensions of Purchasing; The Evidence; What Does An "Equitable Distribution of Health and Health Benefits" Mean?; Defining Variables: Resource Allocation and Purchasing Reforms; Conclusions and Recommendations; Notes; References; 8. Reversing the Law of Inverse Care; The Inverse Care Law At Work in Rich and Poor Countries; The Infrastructure of Inequity; Methodological Issues: How to Construct Resource Allocation for Equity in Access; References | |
9. Risk Pooling and PurchasingApproaches to Risk Pooling; Practical Issues; Conclusions; Note; References; PART III. PURCHASING HEALTH SERVICES; 10. Paying for Public Health Services: Financing and Utilization; Who Should Pay for Public Health Services?; How Should Providers Be Paid?; Toward Better Financing and Payment Policies; References; 11. Buying Results: Contracting for Primary Health Care Delivery; Why Contract-Ideology or Pragmatism?; Approaches to Contracting; Study Methodology; Results: Contracting Can Quickly Improve Service Delivery; Methodological Limitations of This Review | |
Is Contracting a Sustainable Approach? | |
Titolo autorizzato: | Spending wisely |
ISBN: | 1-280-15670-8 |
9786610156702 | |
0-8213-5919-3 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910783257903321 |
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