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Private participation in health services
- Title
- Private participation in health services / April Harding, Alexander S. Preker, editors.
- Publication
- Washington, D.C. : World Bank, ©2003.
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- Description
- xvii, 349 pages : illustrations; 23 cm
- Summary
- Private participation in health services is often a controversial issue, although many countries already make use of private services to further aims in health care. The book draws on a wide range of country experience to provide a judicious blend of practical advice and useful information on health services privatization issues. It discuses how to assess the potential for private sector involvement, how to engage in contracting with the private sector for health services, and how to regulate the sector. It also provides advice on what to do when key information is not there: a crucial element of any strategy, especially in developing countries where data and information sources are scarce. With the decline of ideology, politicians have grown increasingly fond of the dictum "What is best is what works." This book is an excellent lesson on what works in health care, or more precisely, on how to make what works work better, especially with respect with to the involvement of the private sector. Only with a good public-private mix can we achieve our goal of improving health care for all.
- Series Statement
- Health, nutrition, and population series
- Uniform Title
- Health, nutrition, and population series
- Subject
- Medical care
- Privatization
- Medical policy
- Public health
- Community health services
- Health Services > statistics & numerical data
- Contract Services > statistics & numerical data
- Private Sector > statistics & numerical data
- Privatization
- Health Policy
- Public Health
- Patient Care
- Community Health Services
- public health
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- 1. Introduction to Private Participation in Health Services / April Harding -- 2. Conducting a Private Health Sector Assessment / Sarbani Chakraborty and April Harding -- 3. Contracting for Health Services / Robert J. Taylor -- 4. Regulation of Health Services / Nihal Hafez Afifi, Reinhard Busse and April Harding.
- ISBN
- 0821351524
- 9780821351529
- LCCN
- 2002023473
- OCLC
- ocm49386119
- 49386119
- SCSB-1285473
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library