Public Ends, Private Means : Strategic Purchasing of Health Services

Public Ends, Private Means: Strategic purchasing of value for money in health services is part of a series of World Bank publications on ways to make public spending on health care more efficient and equitable in developing countries. It reviews th...

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Main Authors:	Preker, Alexander S., Liu, Xingzhu, Velenyi, Edit V., Baris, Enis
Format:	Publication
Language:	English
Published:	Washington, DC: World Bank 2012
Subjects:	ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE ACCOUNTABILITY MECHANISMS ADEQUATE CARE ADVERSE SELECTION ALLOCATIVE EFFICIENCY APPLICABLE LAW CAPACITY BUILDING CARE PURCHASERS CLINICAL MANAGEMENT COLLECTION OF REVENUES COMMUNITY HEALTH COMMUNITY RATING CONCERN OF POLICY MAKERS CONTRACTUAL ARRANGEMENTS CONTRACTUAL RELATIONSHIPS COST SHARING DECISION MAKING DEMAND FOR HEALTH DEMAND FOR HEALTH CARE DEMAND FOR SERVICES DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DIAGNOSIS DISABILITY DISSEMINATION DOCTORS DRUGS EMPLOYMENT EQUILIBRIUM EQUITY GOALS EXCESSIVE CONSUMPTION EXPOSURE FEE FOR SERVICE FEE SCHEDULES FERTILITY FERTILITY RATES FINANCIAL INCENTIVES FINANCIAL PROTECTION FINANCIAL RISK FINANCING HEALTH CARE FINANCING OF HEALTH CARE FLAT RATE GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS HEALTH CARE HEALTH CARE DECISIONS HEALTH CARE FINANCING HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS HEALTH CARE SECTOR HEALTH CARE SERVICES HEALTH CARE SYSTEM HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS HEALTH ECONOMICS HEALTH FINANCING HEALTH INSURANCE SCHEME HEALTH MAINTENANCE HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION HEALTH POLICY HEALTH PROVIDERS HEALTH SECTOR HEALTH SERVICES HEALTH SYSTEM HEALTH SYSTEMS HEALTH WORKERS HMO HOSPITAL HOSPITAL CARE HOSPITAL SECTOR HOSPITALS ILLNESS INCENTIVE STRUCTURES INDIVIDUAL HEALTH INDUCED DEMAND INFORMATION ASYMMETRY INFORMATION SYSTEM INFORMED CHOICES INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY INSURANCE FUNDS LABOR MARKET LABOR SUPPLY LAWS LEGAL FRAMEWORK LEGAL STATUS LIFE EXPECTANCY LIFE YEARS LOW INCOME LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES LOW-INCOME POPULATIONS MARGINAL COST MARGINAL COSTS MARKET FAILURES MEDICAL CARE MEDICAL ECONOMICS MEDICAL EQUIPMENT MEDICAL POLICY MINISTRY OF HEALTH MORAL HAZARD NATIONAL HEALTH NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICES NATURE OF HEALTH NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS NONGOVERNMENTAL SECTORS NUTRITION PACIFIC REGION PARADIGM SHIFT PATIENT PATIENT SPENDING PATIENTS PHYSICIANS POCKET PAYMENTS POCKET PAYMENTS BY HOUSEHOLDS POLICY FRAMEWORK POLICY MAKERS POOR PEOPLE PRIMARY HEALTH CARE PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE PRIVATE SECTOR PRIVATE SECTORS PROGRESS PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC HEALTH CARE PUBLIC HOSPITALS PUBLIC POLICY PUBLIC SECTOR PUBLIC SERVICE PUBLIC SPENDING QUALITY ASSURANCE REFORM OF HEALTH CARE RESOURCE ALLOCATION RESOURCE CONSTRAINTS RESOURCE FLOWS RESOURCE MOBILIZATION RISK EQUALIZATION RISK SHARING RURAL AREAS SCARCE RESOURCES SERVICE DELIVERY SERVICE PROVIDERS SOCIAL EXCLUSION SOCIAL HEALTH INSURANCE SOCIAL SECURITY SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS UNIVERSAL ACCESS WASTE WORKERS WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/01/7707973/public-ends-private-means-strategic-purchasing-health-services http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6683

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