Getting Health Reform Right

Getting Health Reform Right
Author: Marc Roberts
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 345
Release: 2008-04-23
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 0199888167

This book provides a multi-disciplinary framework for developing and analyzing health sector reforms, based on the authors' extensive international experience. It offers practical guidance - useful to policymakers, consultants, academics, and students alike - and stresses the need to take account of each country's economic, administrative, and political circumstances. The authors explain how to design effective government interventions in five areas - financing, payment, organization, regulation, and behavior - to improve the performance and equity of health systems around the world.

Promoting Information and Communication Technology in ADB Operations

Promoting Information and Communication Technology in ADB Operations
Author: Asian Development Bank
Publisher: Asian Development Bank
Total Pages: 150
Release: 2014-09-01
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9292546090

Rapid advances in information and communication technology (ICT) continue to create tremendous opportunities for economic and social gains in the world's poorest areas. A key infrastructure of knowledge-based economies. ICT is a driving force for rapidly growing new sectors. The Strategy 2020 of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) reinforces the importance of drawing on ICT to enhance development in Asia and the Pacific. In line with Strategy 2020, ADB's 2013 ICT for Development Strategy and with the support of the Republic of Korea's e-Asia and Knowledge Partnership Fund (EAKPF), this study examines and identifies opportunities for promoting ICT in ADB operations.

Health Care Reform in Greece: Progress and Reform Priorities

Health Care Reform in Greece: Progress and Reform Priorities
Author: Niki Kalavrezou
Publisher: International Monetary Fund
Total Pages: 39
Release: 2021-07-16
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1513588834

We review Greek public sector healthcare policies and health-related outcomes since 2010.We find that excess spending was successfully curtailed, elements of the institutional framework were modernized, and health outcomes have been relatively favorable. However, especially prior to Covid-19, public healthcare spending had been compressed to potentially unsustainable levels, with widening inequalities and large unmet needs, especially among the poor. Higher public spending and advancing structural healthcare reforms are needed to improve the efficiency and equity of the Greek healthcare system, including strengthening primary healthcare, reducing out-of-pocket payments, and eliminating remaining insurance gaps.

The OECD DAC Handbook on Security System Reform Supporting Security and Justice

The OECD DAC Handbook on Security System Reform Supporting Security and Justice
Author: OECD
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Total Pages: 256
Release: 2008-02-29
Genre:
ISBN: 9789264037380

How can conflict-prone countries ensure better delivery of security and justice services? How can they establish structures and mechanisms which will ensure effective and accountable security and justice institutions? Although there has been ...

Financing Health Services in Developing Countries

Financing Health Services in Developing Countries
Author: John S. Akin
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Total Pages: 104
Release: 1987-01-01
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780821309001

This report discusses several different approaches that support reforming health care services in developing countries. For some time now, health care services have been supported by government funds. As demands for improving health care services continue to increase additional demands will be placed on governments to respond. This, however, will not be easy. Slow economic growth and record budget deficits in the 1980's have forced reductions in public spending. Alternative approaches to finance health care services are needed. Such possible changes could involve: decentralization of federal government involvement; the promotion of nongovernment involvement; the imposition of user fees; and, establishing health insurance. Finally, the role of the Bank in pursuing new financing strategies is discussed.