World Health Organization : Year 1995 ; World Health Organization, Strengthening of Health Service, National Health Planning, No. 95.7: Applying Planned Market Logic to Developing Countries Health Systems an Initial Exploration

By Richard Saltman

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Title:	World Health Organization : Year 1995 ; World Health Organization, Strengthening of Health Service, National Health Planning, No. 95.7: Applying Planned Market Logic to Developing Countries Health Systems an Initial Exploration
Author:	Richard Saltman
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Language:	English
Subject:	Health., Public health, Wellness programs
Collections:	Medical Library Collection, World Health Collection
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Publisher:	World Health Organization


Citation APA MLA Chicago Saltman, R. (n.d.). World Health Organization : Year 1995 ; World Health Organization, Strengthening of Health Service, National Health Planning, No. 95.7. Retrieved from http://gutenberg.us/

Description
Medical Reference Publication

Excerpt
The Forum on Health Sector Reform is a group of experienced senior technical people with a common interest in health policy and health sector reform who meet regularly. Members are currently drawn from bilateral and international agencies, regional development banks, ministries of health and selected resource institutions.

Table of Contents
Table of Contents iii . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ........... INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 PART 1 DEFININGTERMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Public versus Private . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Competition versus Privatization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Planned Markets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 PART 2 RECENT EXPERIENCE WITH PLANNED MARKETS IN DEVELOPED COUNTRIES . . . . . . 6 Assessing Health Sector Tensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Designing Competitive Markets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Present Reforms in Northern Europe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Assessing Finance-Side Competition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Assessing Allocation and Production Side Competition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 On Constructing Contracts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Decentralization Requires Increased State Regulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Renewed Interest in State Regulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Obstacles and Lessons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18