Health financing revisited
Subtitle: a practitioner's guide
By: Pablo Gottret, George Schieber
Contributors: Schieber, George
Publisher: World Bank
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Washington, DC
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Subjects: Medical care; Finance; Cost of Medical care; Medical policy; World health; Health Care Costs; Health Policy; World Health
Description: Health Financing Revisited: A Practitioner's Guide addresses the major changes in global health and financing policy that have occurred over the past 10 years. As a result of the global focus on poverty reduction, new global health threats from HIV/AIDS, SARS, and avian influenza, and the international community's adoption of the Millennium Development Goals (MDG), global health policy has now become a development, national security, and humanitarian issue for all countries. Significant amounts of increased resources for development assistance, much of it targeted to health, have subsequently been forthcoming. Cover - Health Financing Revisited (3/06) This report assesses health financing policies for their ability to improve health outcomes, provide financial protection, and ensure consumer satisfaction--in a equitable, efficient, and financially sustainable manner. It is intended to equip policy-makers at global and country levels with the tools for navigating this extremely complex domain by providing an overview of health financing policy in developing countries and is a primer on major health financing and fiscal issues.
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