Publication: Brazil - Governance in Brazil's Unified Health System : Raising the Quality of Public Spending and Resource Management
Date
2007-02
ISSN
Published
2007-02
Author(s)
World Bank
Abstract
This report on governance in
Brazil's unified health system assesses resource
allocation and management, planning and budgeting functions,
and budget execution at different levels of government for
public expenditures on health services. The emphasis is on
understanding the incentives generated for service
providers, and the overall soundness of the accountabilities
established in the public health services expenditure
system. The analysis seeks to identify weaknesses of
accountabilities for service provision that stem from the
structure and process of intergovernmental and provider
funding flows and related managerial practices. The paper
draws on and enhances an accepted governance tool, public
expenditure tracking, in both tracking funding and analyzing
the governance and corresponding managerial challenges that
impede effective public sector financing. The tracking
instrument was applied to a sample of states, municipalities
and healthcare facilities in the country in 2004.
Citation
“World Bank. 2007. Brazil - Governance in Brazil's Unified Health System : Raising the Quality of Public Spending and Resource Management. © Washington, DC. http://openknowledge.worldbank.org/entities/publication/8b8e1195-0670-590d-b8c3-c01ab4aaafde License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”