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The Health Sector in Ghana : a Comprehensive Assessment /

" ... briefly discusses some of the debates in Ghana's health sector: decentralization and governance, private sector partnership, strengthening health systems, and health financing. It brings together several elements of health system development and challenges and links it to health fina...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Saleh, Karima
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, D.C. : World Bank, ©2013.
Colección:Directions in development (Washington, D.C.). Human development.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:" ... briefly discusses some of the debates in Ghana's health sector: decentralization and governance, private sector partnership, strengthening health systems, and health financing. It brings together several elements of health system development and challenges and links it to health financing and delivery performance. The volume reviews the situation among human resources for health and pharmaceuticals. The private sector is growing and attention is required on its development. The volume benefits from health service delivery assessments in the public and private sectors, and finds large variations in distribution and weak incentives to improve productivity and performance. It also reviews the demand side financing reform, its coverage of the population and its effect on service use and the financial sustainability of the National Health Insurance Scheme ..."--Publisher's website.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xxi, 216 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9780821396001
0821396005
0821395998
9780821395998