Public ends, private means : [electronic resource] strategic purchasing of health services / edited by Alexander S. Preker ... [et al.].
Contributor(s): Preker, Alexander S | World Bank
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TextPublisher: Washington, D.C. : World Bank, c2007Description: xvii, 414 p. : ill. ; 26 cmISBN: 0821365479 (pbk.); 0821365487 (e); 9780821365472 (pbk.); 9780821365489 (e)Subject(s): 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 countriesAdditional physical formats: Print Version:DDC classification: 338.4/73621 LOC classification: RA410.5 | .P795 2007Online resources: home 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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