Spending wisely [[electronic resource] ] : buying health services for the poor / / Alexander S. Preker, John Langenbruner |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, DC, : World Bank, 2004 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (434 p.) |
Disciplina | 338.4/33621 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
LangenbrunnerJack
PrekerAlexander S. <1951-> |
Soggetto topico |
Poor - Medical care - Economic aspects
Poor - Medical care - Finance |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-280-15670-8
9786610156702 0-8213-5919-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
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? |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910450384903321 |
Washington, DC, : World Bank, 2004 | ||
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Spending wisely : : buying health services for the poor / / Alexander S. Preker, John C. Langenbrunner |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, DC : , : World Bank, , 2004 |
Descrizione fisica | xvii, 413 pages : ill ; ; 26 cm |
Disciplina | 338.4/33621 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
LangenbrunnerJack
PrekerAlexander S. <1951-> |
Soggetto topico |
Poor - Medical care - Economic aspects
Poor - Medical care - Finance |
ISBN |
1-280-15670-8
9786610156702 0-8213-5919-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
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? |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910783257903321 |
Washington, DC : , : World Bank, , 2004 | ||
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Spending wisely : buying health services for the poor / / Alexander S. Preker, John Langenbruner |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, DC, : World Bank, 2004 |
Descrizione fisica | xvii, 413 pages : ill ; ; 26 cm |
Disciplina | 338.4/33621 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
LangenbrunnerJack
PrekerAlexander S. <1951-> |
Soggetto topico |
Poor - Medical care - Economic aspects
Poor - Medical care - Finance |
ISBN |
1-280-15670-8
9786610156702 0-8213-5919-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
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? |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910820982903321 |
Washington, DC, : World Bank, 2004 | ||
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