Decentralizing the Provision of Health Services : An Incomplete Contracts Approach

Decentralizing the Provision of Health Services : An Incomplete Contracts Approach

The author studies the allocation-between a central government and a local authority--of responsibility for planning, financing, and operations for the delivery of health services, in the context of an incomplete contracts model. In this model,...

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Main Author:	Jack, William
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank Group, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	AGENCY PROBLEMS ALLOCATIVE EFFICIENCY ASSETS ASYMMETRIC INFORMATION AUTHORITY AUTONOMY BUREAUCRAT CENTRAL GOVERNMENT CENTRAL GOVERNMENTS CONSUMERS COURT SYSTEM DECENTRALIZATION DECISION MAKING DECISION MAKING AUTHORITY DEMOCRACY EQUILIBRIUM EXPENDITURE EXTERNALITIES FEDERALISM FINANCIAL INTERMEDIATION FINANCIAL STRUCTURE FISCAL FISCAL DECENTRALIZATION FISCAL FEDERALISM FORMAL ANALYSIS FORMAL CONTRACTS GDP HEALTH SERVICES HUMAN CAPITAL INCENTIVE CONTRACTS INCOME INFORMATION ASYMMETRIES INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT LIVING CONDITIONS LOCAL AUTHORITIES LOCAL AUTHORITY LOCAL GOVERNMENT LOCAL GOVERNMENTS MARGINAL PRODUCTIVITY MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRIES OPERATING COSTS OWNERSHIP STRUCTURE POLITICAL ECONOMY POLITICIANS PRIVATE GOODS PRIVATIZATION PRODUCTION EFFICIENCY PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION PUBLIC FUNDS PUBLIC GOOD PUBLIC GOODS PUBLIC SECTOR PUBLIC SERVICES PUBLIC SPENDING RESOURCE ALLOCATIONS REVENUE SHARING SAVINGS SOCIAL SECTORS SOCIAL SERVICES SOCIAL WELFARE TAX ASSIGNMENT TAX AUTHORITY TAX PAYMENTS TERMS OF TRADE TOTAL COSTS TRADE FLOWS TRADE POLICIES TRANSPORT VALUATION
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2000/07/443601/decentralizing-provision-health-services-incomplete-contracts-approach http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19827

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2000/07/443601/decentralizing-provision-health-services-incomplete-contracts-approach
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19827

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