Getting better : improving health system results in Europe and Central Asia /
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| Author / Creator: | Smith, Owen, 1973- author. |
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| Imprint: | Washington, D.C. : The World Bank, [2013] ©2013 |
| Description: | xviii, 192 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Europe and Central Asia reports Europe and Central Asia reports. |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/9334472 |
Table of Contents:
- Foreword
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Overview
- A Development Challenge
- The Health Agenda: Achieving a Cardiovascular Revolution
- The Financing Agenda: A Safety Net for All-While Cutting the Fat
- The Institutional Agenda: Ingredients, Not Recipes
- References
- 1. Getting Better? In Search of Convergence
- Some Successes, but Overall Slow Progress on Key Objectives
- A Guide to the Report: Objective, Road Map, and Cross-Cutting Themes
- References
- 2. Improving Welfare: The Value of Health
- Health Is a Major Determinant of Welfare
- Health Is a Public Priority Here to Stay
- References
- 3. Improving Health: The Heart of the Matter
- The Main Source of the Life Expectancy Gap Is Cardiovascular Disease
- Smoking, Drinking, Men, and Women: More Can Be Done to Address Tobacco and Alcohol Use
- There Are Big Gaps in Managing Risk Factors through Primary Care
- The Quality of Treatment and Care for Key Conditions Is Often Poor
- References
- 4. Improving Financial Protection and Equity: A Safety Met for All
- The Problem with Out-of-Pocket Payments: Conceptual Issues
- A Greater Reliance on Out-of-Pocket Payments Results in More Catastrophic Payments and Higher Inequality
- Better Financial Protection Depends on Adequate Health Budgets and Control of Rent Seeking
- References
- 5. Improving Efficiency: Cutting the Fat
- Judging Budgets: The Costs and Benefits of Government Health Spending
- Hospitals and Pharmaceuticals Are the Main Sources of Waste
- Cutting the Fat but Not the Muscle
- References
- 6. Improving Institutions: Ingredients, Not Recipes
- A Brief History of Health Reform in ECA since the Transition
- Where Are We Now? A Comparison of ECA and OECD Health Systems
- Ingredients, Not Recipes, for Successful Health Reform
- References
- 7. Summary Q&A
