Public ends, private means : strategic purchasing of health services / edited by Alexander S. Preker ... [and others].
Material type: TextSeries: World Bank e-LibraryPublisher: Washington, D.C. : World Bank, c2007Description: xvii, 414 pages : illustrations ; 26 cmContent type:- text
- computer
- online resource
- 0821365479 (pbk.)
- 0821365487 (e)
- 9780821365472 (pbk.)
- 9780821365489 (e)
- 338.4/73621 22
- RA410.5 .P795 2007
- 2007 E-411
- W 84.1
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 ... [and others] -- Institutional environment / by Hernan 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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