Creating Evidence for Better Health Financing Policy Decisions and Greater Accountability: A Strategic Guide for the Institutionalization of National ... in Development - Human Development) - Softcover

Maeda, Akiko; Harrit, Margareta Norris; Mabuchi, Shunsuke; Siadat, Banafsheh; Nagpal, Somil

 
9780821394694: Creating Evidence for Better Health Financing Policy Decisions and Greater Accountability: A Strategic Guide for the Institutionalization of National ... in Development - Human Development)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 082139469X ISBN 13: 9780821394694
Publisher: World Bank Publications, 2012

Synopsis

Any analysis of health financing issues has to begin with sound estimates of the level and flow of resources in a health system, including total levels of spending, the sources of health expenditures, the uses of funds in terms of services purchased, and in terms of who purchases them. The analysis should also aim at understanding how these resource flows are correlated with health system outcomes, including those of improving health, reducing health inequalities, and reducing the incidence of catastrophic health expenditure. National Health Accounts (NHA) provide a framework to collect, compile, and analyze such data on all types of health spending in a country-and so create a robust evidence base for policy making.

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Publisher
World Bank Publications
Publication date
2012
Language
English
ISBN 10 
082139469X
ISBN 13 
9780821394694
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
320