Public ends, private means : strategic purchasing of health services / [electronic resource]
edited by Alexander S. Preker ... [et al.].
- Washington, D.C. : World Bank, c2007.
- xvii, 414 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
- World Bank e-Library. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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 ... [et al.] -- Institutional environment / by Hernán L. Fuenzalida-Puelma, Reinhard R. Hasslinger, and Alexander S. Preker -- Stewardship, governance, and management / Alexander S. Preker ... [et al.] -- 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.
0821365479 (pbk.) 0821365487 (e) 9780821365472 (pbk.) 9780821365489 (e)
2006023410
101282207 DNLM
Health Services--economics.
Developing Countries.
Financing, Government--economics.
Organizational Policy.
Private Sector--economics.
Medical care, Cost of--Developing countries.
Medical economics--Developing countries.
Medical policy--Developing countries.
RA410.5 / .P795 2007
338.4/73621
2007 E-411 W 84.1 / P976 2007
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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 ... [et al.] -- Institutional environment / by Hernán L. Fuenzalida-Puelma, Reinhard R. Hasslinger, and Alexander S. Preker -- Stewardship, governance, and management / Alexander S. Preker ... [et al.] -- 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.
0821365479 (pbk.) 0821365487 (e) 9780821365472 (pbk.) 9780821365489 (e)
2006023410
101282207 DNLM
Health Services--economics.
Developing Countries.
Financing, Government--economics.
Organizational Policy.
Private Sector--economics.
Medical care, Cost of--Developing countries.
Medical economics--Developing countries.
Medical policy--Developing countries.
RA410.5 / .P795 2007
338.4/73621
2007 E-411 W 84.1 / P976 2007