Financing health care in East Asia and the Pacific : best practices and remaining challenges / John C. Langenbrunner, Aparnaa Somanathan.

By:

Langenbrunner, Jack

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Material type: Text

TextSeries: Directions in development (Washington, D.C.). Human development. | World Bank e-LibraryPublisher: Washington, D.C. : World Bank, c2011Description: xiii, 328 pages ; illustrations ; 23 cmContent type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

0821386824
0821387367 (ebook)
9780821386828
9780821387368 (ebook)

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Additional physical formats: Print Version:DDC classification:

338.4/73621095 22

LOC classification:

RA410.55.E18 L36 2011

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Contents:

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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