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Financing Health Care in East Asia and the Pacific : Best Practices and Remaining Challenges.

The East Asia and Pacific region is characterized by wide variations in sources of healthcarefinancing, pooling of funds, purchasing of care services, and the extent to which thesepolicy instruments and programs provide social protection. Existing healthcare financingsystems in the region are under...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Langenbrunner, John C.
Otros Autores: Somanathan, Aparnaa
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington : World Bank, 2011.
Colección:Directions in development (Washington, D.C.). Human development.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Why this health financing note
  • Background and overview of the East Asia and Pacific Region and the health sectors
  • Importance of investing in health and a framework for managing and using funds in the sector
  • Mobilization of revenues for health
  • Pooling and management of funds
  • Resource allocation and purchasing (RAP)
  • Connecting financing and delivery of services : institutional and organizational characteristics in EAP countries
  • Assessing performance in EAP : efficiency and equity of health financing.