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Spending Wisely : Buying Health Services for the Poor.
With a special focus on strategic purchasing and contracting of services from nongovernmental providers, this title reviews ways to make public spending on health care more efficient and equitable in developing countries. It is recommended that: experiments and pilot projects for improving public se...
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Other Authors: | , |
| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Washington, DC :
World Bank,
2004.
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| Series: | World Bank e-Library.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
| Summary: | With a special focus on strategic purchasing and contracting of services from nongovernmental providers, this title reviews ways to make public spending on health care more efficient and equitable in developing countries. It is recommended that: experiments and pilot projects for improving public sector hospitals should focus on mission clarity and organizational simplification; programs for improving the composition of utilization should experiment with payments to consumers and with health labor force composition and training; and; initiatives to attract providers to rural areas should use explicit deferred compensation contracts to improve monitoring. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xvii, 413 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780821359181 0821359185 0821359193 9780821359198 6610156700 9786610156702 1280156708 9781280156700 |