Public ends, private means : strategic purchasing of health services /

Great progress has been made in recent years in securing better access and financial protection against the cost of illness through collective financing of health care. Managing scarce resources effectively and efficiently is an important part of this story. Experience has shown that, without strate...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: World Bank
Otros Autores: Preker, Alexander S., 1951-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, D.C. : World Bank, ©2007.
Colección:World Bank e-Library.
Temas:
Medical economics > Developing countries.
Medical care, Cost of > Developing countries.
Medical policy > Developing countries.
Health Services > economics
Financing, Government > economics
Organizational Policy
Private Sector > economics
Developing Countries
Soins médicaux > Coût > Pays en voie de développement.
Économie de la santé > Pays en voie de développement.
Politique sanitaire > Pays en voie de développement.
Politiques institutionnelles.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Industries > Service.
Medical care, Cost of
Medical economics
Medical policy
Economia da saúde.
Países em desenvolvimento.
Custos dos cuidados de saúde.
Política de saúde.
Sjukvårdsaekonomi > U-länder.
Sjukvårdskostnader > U-länder.
Sjukvårdspolitik > U-länder.
Sjukvårdsadministration > U-länder.
Developing countries
Computer network resources.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Political economy of strategic purchasing / Alexander S. Preker and April Harding
  • Policy design in strategic purchasing / Alexander S. Preker, John C. Langenbrunner, and Paolo C. Belli
  • The organizational structure of purchasers / Alexander S. Preker [and others]
  • Institutional environment / by Hernán L. Fuenzalida-Puelma, Reinhard R. Hasslinger, and Alexander S. Preker
  • Stewardship, governance, and management / Alexander S. Preker [and others]
  • Agency theory and its applications in health care / Xingzhu Liu and Anne Mills
  • Doctors' and patients' utility functions / Xingzhu Liu and Anne Mills
  • Economic models of doctors' behavior / Xingzhu Liu and Anne Mills
  • Economic models of hospital behavior / Xingzhu Liu and Anne Mills
  • Motivation and performance-related pay / Xingzhu Liu and Anne Mills
  • Payment mechanisms and provider behavior / Xingzhu Liu and Anne Mills
  • Supplier-induced demand and unnecessary care / Xingzhu Liu and Anne Mills
  • The organization of publicly financed health care services / William Jack
  • Contracting for medical care: providing incentives and controlling costs / William Jack
  • Measuring efficiency in purchasing / Xingzhu Liu and Anne Mills.

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