Research Catalog

Title

Performance-based contracting for health services in developing countries : a toolkit / Benjamin Loevinsohn.

Author

Loevinsohn, Benjamin.

Publication

Washington, DC : World Bank, [2008], ©2008.

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Additional Authors

World Bank.

Description

xix, 202 pages : illustrations; 23 cm.

Series Statement

Health, nutrition, and population series

Uniform Title

Health, nutrition, and population series.

Subject

• Medical care > Contracting out > Developing countries
• Performance contracts > Developing countries
• Public-private sector cooperation > Developing countries
• Contract Services > organization & administration
• Health Services > economics
• Developing Countries
• Private Sector > organization & administration
• Public Sector > organization & administration

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 189-193) and index.

Contents

Why and How to Use This Toolkit -- Outline of the Toolkit -- 1. Summary of the Toolkit -- Background: What Is Performance-Based Contracting? -- How to Contract -- Whether to Contract -- 2. What Is Performance-Based Contracting? -- What Is Contracting? -- What Is Performance-Based Contracting? -- What Kinds of Health Services Can Be Contracted? -- How Is Contracting Different from Other Approaches to Organizing Health Services? -- What Approaches to Contracting Work Best in Common Situations? -- How Is Contracting Related to Pay for Performance? -- 3. How to Contract -- Step 1. Conduct Dialogue with Stakeholders -- Step 2. Define the Services -- Step 3. Design the Monitoring and Evaluation -- Step 4. Decide How to Select Contractors and Establish the Price -- Step 5. Arrange for Contract Management and Develop a Contract Plan -- Step 6. Draft the Contract and Bidding Documents -- Step 7. Carry Out the Bidding Process and Manage the Contract -- 4. Checklist for Contracting -- 5. Whether to Contract -- The Evidence on Contracting -- Methodology -- Results -- Why Does Contracting Work? -- What Are the Concerns about Contracting? -- In What Context Will Contracting Work (or Not Work)? -- Appendix A. Example of a Contracting Plan (or Manual) Strengthening Primary Health Care Services in Country X -- Appendix B. World Bank Procurement Approach to Contracting for Health Services -- Appendix C. Description of Evaluated Contracting Experiences -- Appendix D. Terms of Reference for a Third-Party Evaluation of the Contracting Effort in Country X -- Appendix E. Terms of Reference Examples.

ISBN

• 9780821375365 (alk. paper)
• 0821375369 (alk. paper)

LCCN

2008009421

OCLC

• ocn212893672
• ocm212893672
• 212893672
• SCSB-5418710

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries