| Description |
1 online resource (449 pages) |
| Series |
GMS development series ; 1 |
| Contents |
What incentives are effective in improving deployment of health workers in primary health care in Asia and the Pacific? / Vivian Lin [and others] -- Reforming provider behaviour through incentives : challenges and reflections from the U.K. experience / Alan Maynard -- The transition to semi-autonomous management of district health services in Cambodia : assessing purchasing arrangements, transaction costs and operational efficiencies of special operating agencies / Khim Keovathanak and Peter Leslie Annear -- Vouchers as demand-side financing instruments for health care : a review of the Bangladesh maternal voucher scheme and implications for incentives for human resource management / Jean-Olivier Schmidt and Atia Hossain -- Social health insurance in Cambodia : an analysis of the health care delivery mechanism / Sopheap Ly -- Purchasing health services in New Zealand / Toni Ashton and Maria C.G. Bautista -- A civil service that performs : primary health care in Curitiba, Brazil / Geoffrey Shepherd -- Increasing uptake of reproductive health services using innovative financing models : experiences of Marie Stopes International / Che Katz and Thoai D. Ngo -- Understanding rural health service in Cambodia : results of a discrete choice experiment / Bundeth Seng [and others] -- Contracting health workers to underserved areas : Indonesia approaches to a distributional challenge / Hjalte Sederlof and Rooswanti Soeharno -- How managers manage in Cambodia's public health sector / Neath Net, Roger Hay, and Klaus J. Broesamle -- The impact of management training and education on the performance of health care providers : what do we know? / Orvill Adams and Leanne Idzerda -- Incentive systems in public health care organizations in Italy / Alberto Asquer -- Factors influencing health-seeking behaviour in Siem Reap : a qualitative analysis / Sarah C. Smith -- Villagers' evaluation of a community-based health insurance scheme in Thmar Pouk, Cambodia / Sachiko Ozawa and Damian Walker -- Health equity funds implemented by URC and supported by USAID / Tapley Jordanwood, Maurits van Pelt, and Christophe Grundmann |
| Summary |
There is growing international evidence that the effectiveness of health services stems primarily from the extent to which the incentives facing providers and consumers are aligned with ""better health"" objectives. Efficiency in health service provision requires that providers and consumers have incentives to use healthcare resources in ways that generate the maximum health gains. Equity in at least one sense requires that consumers requiring the same care are treated equally, irrespective of their ability to pay. Efficiency in the use of health services requires that consumers are knowledgea |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Public health -- Asia -- Congresses
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Public health -- Pacific Area -- Congresses
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Public health -- Cambodia -- Congresses
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Community health services -- Asia -- Congresses
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Community health services -- Pacific Area -- Congresses
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Community health services -- Cambodia -- Case studies -- Congresses
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Public health
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Community health services
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Medical care
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Pacific Area
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Asia
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Cambodia
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| Genre/Form |
Conference papers and proceedings
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Sen, Vicheth
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| ISBN |
9789814311854 |
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9814311855 |
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