Public ends, private means strategic purchasing of health services / [electronic resource] :
edited by Alexander S. Preker ... [et al.].
- Washington, D.C. : World Bank, c2007.
- xvii, 414 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Political economy of strategic purchasing / Alexander S. Preker and April Harding -- Policy design in strategic purchasing / Alexander S. Preker, John C. Langenbrunner, and Paolo C. Belli -- The organizational structure of purchasers / Alexander S. Preker ... [et al.] -- Institutional environment / by Hern�an L. Fuenzalida-Puelma, Reinhard R. Hasslinger, and Alexander S. Preker -- Stewardship, governance, and management / Alexander S. Preker ... [et al.] -- Agency theory and its applications in health care / Xingzhu Liu and Anne Mills -- Doctors' and patients' utility functions / Xingzhu Liu and Anne Mills -- Economic models of doctors' behavior / Xingzhu Liu and Anne Mills -- Economic models of hospital behavior / Xingzhu Liu and Anne Mills -- Motivation and performance-related pay / Xingzhu Liu and Anne Mills -- Payment mechanisms and provider behavior / Xingzhu Liu and Anne Mills -- Supplier-induced demand and unnecessary care / Xingzhu Liu and Anne Mills -- The organization of publicly financed health care services / William Jack -- Contracting for medical care: providing incentives and controlling costs / William Jack -- Measuring efficiency in purchasing / Xingzhu Liu and Anne Mills.
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2009.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
DNLM
Medical economics--Developing countries.
Medical care, Cost of--Developing countries.
Medical policy--Developing countries.
Electronic books.
RA410.5 / .P795 2007eb
338.4/73621
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Political economy of strategic purchasing / Alexander S. Preker and April Harding -- Policy design in strategic purchasing / Alexander S. Preker, John C. Langenbrunner, and Paolo C. Belli -- The organizational structure of purchasers / Alexander S. Preker ... [et al.] -- Institutional environment / by Hern�an L. Fuenzalida-Puelma, Reinhard R. Hasslinger, and Alexander S. Preker -- Stewardship, governance, and management / Alexander S. Preker ... [et al.] -- Agency theory and its applications in health care / Xingzhu Liu and Anne Mills -- Doctors' and patients' utility functions / Xingzhu Liu and Anne Mills -- Economic models of doctors' behavior / Xingzhu Liu and Anne Mills -- Economic models of hospital behavior / Xingzhu Liu and Anne Mills -- Motivation and performance-related pay / Xingzhu Liu and Anne Mills -- Payment mechanisms and provider behavior / Xingzhu Liu and Anne Mills -- Supplier-induced demand and unnecessary care / Xingzhu Liu and Anne Mills -- The organization of publicly financed health care services / William Jack -- Contracting for medical care: providing incentives and controlling costs / William Jack -- Measuring efficiency in purchasing / Xingzhu Liu and Anne Mills.
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2009.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
DNLM
Medical economics--Developing countries.
Medical care, Cost of--Developing countries.
Medical policy--Developing countries.
Electronic books.
RA410.5 / .P795 2007eb
338.4/73621