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Public ends, private means : strategic purchasing of health services
- Title
- Public ends, private means : strategic purchasing of health services / edited by Alexander S. Preker [and others].
- Publication
- Washington, D.C. : World Bank, [2007], ©2007.
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- Description
- xvii, 414 pages : illustrations; 26 cm
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- 1. Political economy of strategic purchasing / Alexander S. Preker and April Harding -- 2. Policy design in strategic purchasing / Alexander S. Preker, John C. Langenbrunner and Paolo C. Belli -- 3. The organizational structure of purchasers / Alexander S. Preker, Edit V. Velenyi, Cristian C. Baeza and Melitta Jakab -- 4. Institutional environment / Hernan L. Fuenzalida-Puelma, Reinhard R. Haslinger and Alexander S. Preker -- 5. Stewardship, governance, and management / Alexander S. Preker, Reinhard R. Haslinger, Reinhard Busse and Magda Rosenmoller -- 6. Agency theory and its applications in health care / Xingzhu Liu and Anne Mills -- 7. Doctors' and patients' utility functions / Xingzhu Liu and Anne Mills -- 8. Economic models of doctors' behavior / Xingzhu Liu and Anne Mills -- 9. Economic models of hospital behavior / Xingzhu Liu and Anne Mills -- 10. Motivation and performance-related pay / Xingzhu Liu and Anne Mills -- 11. Payment mechanisms and provider behavior / Xingzhu Liu and Anne Mills -- 12. Supplier-induced demand and unnecessary care / Xingzhu Liu and Anne Mills -- 13. The organization of publicly financed health care services / William Jack -- 14. Contracting for medical care : providing incentives and controlling costs / William Jack -- 15. Measuring efficiency in purchasing / Xingzhu Liu and Anne Mills.
- ISBN
- 9780821365472 (alk. paper)
- 0821365479 (alk. paper)
- 0821365487 (alk. paper)
- 9780821365489 (alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2006023410
- OCLC
- ocm70663751
- 70663751
- SCSB-5926857
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries