Purchasing to improve health systems performance (European Observatory on Health Systems & Policies) - Softcover

Figueras, Josep

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0335213677 ISBN 13: 9780335213672

Publisher: Open University Press, 2005

Synopsis

Purchasing is championed as key to improving health systems performance. However, despite the central role the purchasing function plays in many health system reforms, there is very little evidence about its development or its real impact on societal objectives. This book addresses this gap and provides:

·A comprehensive account of the theory and practice of purchasing for health services across Europe
·An up-to-date analysis of the evidence on different approaches to purchasing
·Support for policy-makers and practitioners as they formulate purchasing strategies so that they can increase effectiveness and improve performance in their own national context
·An assessment of the intersecting roles of citizens, the government and the providers

Written by leading health policy analysts, this book is essential reading for health policy makers, planners and managers as well as researchers and students in the field of health studies.

Contributors: Toni Ashton, Philip Berman, Michael Borowitz, Helmut Brand, Reinhard Busse, Andrea Donatini, Martin Dlouhy, Antonio Duran, Tamás Evetovits, André P. van den Exter, Josep Figueras, Nick Freemantle, Julian Forder, Péter Gaál, Chris Ham, Brian Hardy, Petr Hava, David Hunter, Danguole Jankauskiene, Maris Jesse, Ninel Kadyrova, Joe Kutzin, John Langenbrunner, Donald W. Light, Hans Maarse, Nicholas Mays, Martin McKee, Eva Orosz, John Øvretveit, Dominique Polton, Alexander S. Preker, Thomas A. Rathwell, Sabine Richard, Ray Robinson, Andrei Rys, Constantino Sakellarides, Sergey Shishkin, Peter C. Smith, Markus Schneider, Francesco Taroni, Marcial Velasco-Garrido, Miriam Wiley

About this title

About the Author

Josep Figueras is the Head of the Secretariat and Research Director of the European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies and the Head, WHO European Centre for Health Policy Ray Robinson is Professor of Health Policy, LSE, Health and Social Care, London School of Economics and Political Science. Elke Jakubowski is acting Regional Adviser, Futures Fora, at the WHO Regional Office for Europe, and research associate of the European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies.

Edition details

• Publisher: Open University Press
• Publication date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0335213677
• ISBN 13: 9780335213672
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 320