Health system innovations in Central America : lessons and impact of new approaches / / edited by Gerard M. La Forgia
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| Titolo: |
Health system innovations in Central America : lessons and impact of new approaches / / edited by Gerard M. La Forgia
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| Pubblicazione: | Washington, DC, : World Bank, 2005 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | x, 213 pages ; ; 25 cm |
| Disciplina: | 362.1/0425 |
| Soggetto topico: | Health care reform - Central America |
| Medical policy - Central America | |
| Medical care - Central America | |
| Altri autori: |
La ForgiaGerard M (Gerard Martin)
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| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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 Progress |
| 6. 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 | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Similar 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 |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Health system innovations in Central America |
| ISBN: | 1-280-16886-2 |
| 9786610168866 | |
| 0-8213-6279-8 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910814533003321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
World Bank working paper ; ; no. 57.