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Spending Wisely: Buying Health Services for the Poor

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Spending Wisely: Buying Health Services for the Poor - Preker, Alexander S (Editor), and Langenbrunner, John C (Editor)
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With a special focus on strategic purchasing and contracting of services from nongovernmental providers, 'Spending Wisely' reviews ways to make public spending on health care more efficient and equitable in developing countries. The underlying premise is that it is necessary to separate the function of financing from service delivery to improve public sector performance and accountability. In moving from passive budgeting to active purchasing of health care, the authors recommend policymakers ask five fundamental questions: ...

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Spending Wisely: Buying Health Services for the Poor 2005, World Bank Publications, Washington, DC

ISBN-13: 9780821359181

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