Public ends, private means : strategic purchasing of health services
Promoting health and confronting disease challenges requires effective action across a range of activities in the health system. Managing scarce resources is an important part of this story. This volume presents six reviews of country level experience in improving resource allocation and strategic purchasing in low- and middle income countries.
xvii, 414 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
9780821365472, 9780821365489, 0821365479, 0821365487
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Political economy of strategic purchasing / Alexander S. Preker and April Harding
Policy design in strategic purchasing / Alexander S. Preker, John C. Langenbrunner, and Paolo C. Belli
The organizational structure of purchasers / Alexander S. Preker [and others]
Institutional environment / by Hernán L. Fuenzalida-Puelma, Reinhard R. Hasslinger, and Alexander S. Preker
Stewardship, governance, and management / Alexander S. Preker [and others]
Agency theory and its applications in health care / Xingzhu Liu and Anne Mills
Doctors' and patients' utility functions / Xingzhu Liu and Anne Mills
Economic models of doctors' behavior / Xingzhu Liu and Anne Mills
Economic models of hospital behavior / Xingzhu Liu and Anne Mills
Motivation and performance-related pay / Xingzhu Liu and Anne Mills
Payment mechanisms and provider behavior / Xingzhu Liu and Anne Mills
Supplier-induced demand and unnecessary care / Xingzhu Liu and Anne Mills
The organization of publicly financed health care services / William Jack
Contracting for medical care: providing incentives and controlling costs / William Jack
Measuring efficiency in purchasing / Xingzhu Liu and Anne Mills
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