Purchasing Priority Public Health Services

Health care payment reforms undertaken and studied during the past two decades were triggered by problems associated with cost escalation and over-utilization of costlier and cost-ineffective curative services. However, public health services faced different problems-insufficient financing and underutilization. If the fundamental problems of medical care are different from those of public health services, can the systems for financing and paying for medical care also apply to public health services?

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Main Authors: Liu, Xingzhu, O'Dougherty, Sheila
Format: Working Paper biblioteca
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2004-09
Subjects:ABILITY TO PAY, ACCIDENTS, AGED, AIR, AIR POLLUTION, BLOOD PRESSURE, CANCER, CERVICAL CANCER, CHILD HEALTH, CHOLESTEROL, COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL, COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, COUNSELING, DISEASE PREVENTION, DISTRICTS, DOCTORS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, EXTERNALITIES, FAMILIES, FAMILY PLANNING, FEE FOR SERVICE, GENERAL PRACTITIONERS, GLOBAL BUDGETS, HEALTH CARE, HEALTH CARE FINANCING, HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS, HEALTH EDUCATION, HEALTH EXAMINATIONS, HEALTH EXPENDITURE, HEALTH FINANCING, HEALTH IMPROVEMENT, HEALTH INFORMATION, HEALTH INFORMATION SYSTEMS, HEALTH INSURANCE, HEALTH INTERVENTIONS, HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS, HEALTH OUTCOMES, HEALTH PROFESSIONALS, HEALTH PROMOTION, HEALTH PROVIDERS, HEALTH SECTOR, HEALTH STATUS, HEALTH SYSTEM, HEALTH SYSTEMS, HEPATITIS, HUMAN DEVELOPMENT, HUMAN RESOURCES, IMMUNIZATION, IMMUNIZATION COVERAGE, IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS, IMMUNIZATION RATES, IMMUNIZATION SERVICES, IMMUNIZATIONS, IMMUNODEFICIENCY, INCOME, INFANTS, INFECTIOUS DISEASES, INFLUENZA, INSURANCE COMPANIES, INSURERS, INTERVENTION, LESSONS LEARNED, MANAGED CARE, MEASLES, MEDIA, MEDICAL CARE, MEDICAL EQUIPMENT, MEDICAL SERVICES, MEDICARE, MOBILE CLINICS, MOTHERS, MOTIVATION, NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS, NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS, NUTRITION, PARENTS, PATIENTS, PHYSICIANS, POSTNATAL CARE, PREGNANCY, PREMATURE DEATH, PRESCHOOL CHILDREN, PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES, PRIMARY CARE, PRIVATE INSURANCE, PRIVATE SECTOR, PROBABILITY, PROMOTING HEALTH, PUBLIC HEALTH, PUBLIC HEALTH BUDGET, PUBLIC HEALTH CARE, PUBLIC HEALTH CARE SERVICES, PUBLIC HEALTH INTERVENTIONS, PUBLIC HEALTH PROGRAMS, PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES, PUBLIC HOSPITALS, PUBLIC SECTOR, RESEARCH FINDINGS, RISK FACTORS, SAFETY, SCREENING, SERVICE DELIVERY, SMOKING, SOCIAL INSURANCE, TUBERCULOSIS, URBAN AREAS, VACCINATIONS, VACCINES,
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/09/5638304/purchasing-priority-public-health-services
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/13623
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