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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 |
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