Financing health care in East Asia and the Pacific

Langenbrunner, Jack.

Financing health care in East Asia and the Pacific best practices and remaining challenges / [electronic resource] : John C. Langenbrunner, Aparnaa Somanathan. - Washington, D.C. : World Bank, c2011. - xxiii, 328 p. : ill. - Directions in development : Human development . - Directions in development (Washington, D.C.). Human development. .

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.


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Medical economics--East Asia.
Medical care, Cost of--East Asia.


Electronic books.

RA410.55.E18 / L36 2011eb

338.4/73621095