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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 | ebrary, Inc.
Series: Directions in development (Washington, D.C.): Publisher: Washington, D.C. : World Bank, c2011Description: xxiii, 328 p. : ill.Subject(s): Medical economics -- East Asia | Medical care, Cost of -- East AsiaGenre/Form: Electronic books. DDC classification: 338.4/73621095 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
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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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.

Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2011. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.