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.

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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.

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