Financing health care in East Asia and the Pacific : [electronic resource] best practices and remaining challenges / John C. Langenbrunner, Aparnaa Somanathan.
By: Langenbrunner, Jack
Contributor(s): Somanathan, Aparnaa | World Bank
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TextSeries: Directions in development (Washington, D.C.)Human development: ; World Bank e-Library: Publisher: Washington, D.C. : World Bank, c2011Description: xiii, 328 p. ; ill. ; 23 cmISBN: 0821386824; 0821387367 (ebook); 9780821386828; 9780821387368 (ebook)Subject(s): Delivery of Health Care -- economics -- Far East | Economics, Medical -- Far East | Health Care Costs -- Far East | Population Dynamics -- Far East | Medical care, Cost of -- East Asia | Medical economics -- East AsiaAdditional physical formats: Print Version:DDC classification: 338.4/73621095 LOC classification: RA410.55.E18 | L36 2011Online resources: home Includes index.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Why this health financing note -- Background and overview of the East Asia and Pacific Region and the health sectors -- Importance of investing in health and a framework for managing and using funds in the sector -- Mobilization of revenues for health -- Pooling and management of funds -- Resource allocation and purchasing (RAP) -- Connecting financing and delivery of services : institutional and organizational characteristics in EAP countries -- Assessing performance in EAP : efficiency and equity of health financing.
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