A Guide to Competitive Vouchers in Health.

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: World Bank Staff (Contribution by.)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington : World Bank Publications Oct. 2004.
Colección:Stand Alones Ser.
Temas:
Medical care, Cost of > United States.
Medical care > United States > Finance.
Soins médicaux > Coût > États-Unis.
Medical care, Cost of
Medical care > Finance
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • TABLE OF CONTENTS
  • Foreword
  • Preface
  • PART I WHAT ARE HEALTH CARE VOUCHERS AND HOW DO THEY WORK?
  • Chapter 1 Delivering Public Subsidies in Health Care
  • Why Do Government Subsidies Do So Little to Help the Poor?
  • When Are Subsidies for Health Services Justified?
  • Demand-Side versus Supply-Side Subsidies
  • Other Factors Influencing the Effectiveness of Subsidies
  • Chapter 2 Benefits of Competitive Voucher Schemes for Health
  • How Does a Voucher Scheme Work?
  • What Are the Advantages of Health Vouchers?
  • PART II INTRODUCING A VOUCHER SCHEME.
  • Chapter 3 Conducting Prefeasibility Studies
  • Identifying the Health Sector Problem and the Aims of the Voucher Scheme
  • Justifying the Use of a Voucher Scheme
  • Funding the Scheme
  • Understanding the Context in Which Subsidies Will Be Introduced
  • Building Partnerships
  • Checklist for Prefeasibility Assessment
  • Chapter 4 Conducting a Feasibility Assessment
  • Identifying Potential Impediments
  • Identifying Potential Advantages
  • Determining Whether a Voucher Scheme Is Financially Feasible
  • Weighing the Potential Benefits and Obstacles of a Voucher System.
  • Checklist for Feasibility Assessment
  • Chapter 5 Designing a Voucher Scheme
  • Choosing a Voucher Agency
  • Establishing Recipient Policies
  • Determining Benefit Policies
  • Determining Price Policies
  • Determining Provider Policies
  • Determining Reimbursement Value Policies
  • Designing the Vouchers and Other Materials
  • Transport and Communications
  • Distributing the Vouchers
  • Payment of Service Providers
  • Developing Information Systems
  • Checklist for Voucher Design
  • Chapter 6 Implementing a Voucher Scheme
  • Tendering for Service Providers
  • Negotiating Contracts
  • Contracting.
  • Training
  • Piloting
  • Institutionalizing
  • Scaling Up
  • Chapter 7 Monitoring and Evaluating a Voucher Program
  • Monitoring Service Quality
  • Monitoring Competition among Providers
  • Monitoring to Detect Abuse of the Voucher Scheme
  • Monitoring the Characteristics of Voucher Recipients and Redeemers
  • Monitoring and Evaluating Health Outcomes
  • Monitoring and Evaluating the Impact on Equity and Poverty Reduction
  • Monitoring and Evaluating Cost-Effectiveness
  • References
  • Index
  • Boxes
  • Box 2-1 Varying the Service Package According to the Needs of the Patient in Nicaragua.
  • Box 3-1 Prefeasibility Work on a Voucher Scheme for Cervical Cancer Screening
  • Box 4-1 Political Impediments to Voucher Schemes in El Salvador and Honduras
  • Box 4-2 Are Vouchers Stigmatizing?
  • Box 4-3 Assessing the Feasibility of a Tuberculosis Voucher Scheme for Private Practitioners
  • Box 5-1 Who Runs the Voucher Program?
  • Box 5-2 How Can Vouchers Be Made Nontransferable?
  • Box 5-3 Benefit Policies: The Importance of Stating the Limits
  • Box 5-4 Price Policies Used by Different Voucher Schemes
  • Box 5-5 Choosing Service Providers that Meet Program Needs.

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