Spending Wisely: Buying Health Services for the Poor
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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.
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.
Product Details
Publisher
World Bank Publications
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
Number of Pages
450
Place of Publication
Washington, United States
ISBN
9780821359181
SKU
V9780821359181
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99-2
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