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020 _a0-8213-5918-5
050 _aW 85 .P74 2005
100 _aPreker, A. S. (ed)|Langenbrunner, J. C.
245 0 _aSpending wisely: buying health services for the poor
260 _aWashinton D.C.
_bThe Word Bank
_c2005
300 _axvii, 413p.
500 _aFocuses on strategic purchasing and contracting of services from nongovernmental providers while reviews ways to make public spending on health care more efficient and equitable in developing countries. Recommends that, experiments and pilot projects for improving public sector hospitals should focus on mission clarity and organizational simplification. and that the programs for improving composition of utilization should experiment with payments to consumers and with health labor force composition and training.
650 _aHealth Care Costs|Finance|Economic|Health Care Facilities, Manpower, and Services|Law and regulations
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_cBK
999 _c2282
_d2282