Purchasing Priority Public Health Services

Health care payment reforms undertaken and studied during the past two decades were triggered by problems associated with cost escalation and over-utilization of costlier and cost-ineffective curative services. However, public health services faced...

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Main Authors:	Liu, Xingzhu, O'Dougherty, Sheila
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2013
Subjects:	ABILITY TO PAY ACCIDENTS AGED AIR AIR POLLUTION BLOOD PRESSURE CANCER CERVICAL CANCER CHILD HEALTH CHOLESTEROL COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL COMMUNICABLE DISEASES COUNSELING DISEASE PREVENTION DISTRICTS DOCTORS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT EXTERNALITIES FAMILIES FAMILY PLANNING FEE FOR SERVICE GENERAL PRACTITIONERS GLOBAL BUDGETS HEALTH CARE HEALTH CARE FINANCING HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS HEALTH EDUCATION HEALTH EXAMINATIONS HEALTH EXPENDITURE HEALTH FINANCING HEALTH IMPROVEMENT HEALTH INFORMATION HEALTH INFORMATION SYSTEMS HEALTH INSURANCE HEALTH INTERVENTIONS HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS HEALTH OUTCOMES HEALTH PROFESSIONALS HEALTH PROMOTION HEALTH PROVIDERS HEALTH SECTOR HEALTH STATUS HEALTH SYSTEM HEALTH SYSTEMS HEPATITIS HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUMAN RESOURCES IMMUNIZATION IMMUNIZATION COVERAGE IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS IMMUNIZATION RATES IMMUNIZATION SERVICES IMMUNIZATIONS IMMUNODEFICIENCY INCOME INFANTS INFECTIOUS DISEASES INFLUENZA INSURANCE COMPANIES INSURERS INTERVENTION LESSONS LEARNED MANAGED CARE MEASLES MEDIA MEDICAL CARE MEDICAL EQUIPMENT MEDICAL SERVICES MEDICARE MOBILE CLINICS MOTHERS MOTIVATION NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS NUTRITION PARENTS PATIENTS PHYSICIANS POSTNATAL CARE PREGNANCY PREMATURE DEATH PRESCHOOL CHILDREN PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES PRIMARY CARE PRIVATE INSURANCE PRIVATE SECTOR PROBABILITY PROMOTING HEALTH PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC HEALTH BUDGET PUBLIC HEALTH CARE PUBLIC HEALTH CARE SERVICES PUBLIC HEALTH INTERVENTIONS PUBLIC HEALTH PROGRAMS PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES PUBLIC HOSPITALS PUBLIC SECTOR RESEARCH FINDINGS RISK FACTORS SAFETY SCREENING SERVICE DELIVERY SMOKING SOCIAL INSURANCE TUBERCULOSIS URBAN AREAS VACCINATIONS VACCINES
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/09/5638304/purchasing-priority-public-health-services http://hdl.handle.net/10986/13623

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Summary:	Health care payment reforms undertaken and studied during the past two decades were triggered by problems associated with cost escalation and over-utilization of costlier and cost-ineffective curative services. However, public health services faced different problems-insufficient financing and underutilization. If the fundamental problems of medical care are different from those of public health services, can the systems for financing and paying for medical care also apply to public health services?

Purchasing Priority Public Health Services

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