Spending Wisely: Buying Health Services for the Poor

Alexander S. Preker and John C. Langenbrunner

No 7449 in World Bank Publications - Books from The World Bank Group

Abstract: With a special focus on strategic purchasing and contracting of services from nongovernmental providers, this title reviews ways to make public spending on health care more efficient and equitable in developing countries. It is recommended that: 1) experiments and pilot projects for improving public sector hospitals should focus on mission clarity and organizational simplification; 2) programs for improving the composition of utilization should experiment with payments to consumers and with health labor force composition and training; and 3) initiatives to attract providers to rural areas should use explicit deferred compensation contracts to improve monitoring.

Keywords: Health; Nutrition and Population-Health Policy and Management Health; Nutrition and Population-Public Health Promotion Health; Nutrition and Population-Health Service Management and Delivery Poverty Reduction-Poverty and Health Health; Nutrition and Population-Health Insurance Health; Nutrition and Population (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2005
ISBN: 0-8213-5918-5
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