Preker, Alexander S.Liu, XingzhuVelenyi, Edit V.Baris, EnisPreker, Alexander S.Liu, XingzhuVelenyi, Edit V.Baris, Enis2012-05-302012-05-3020070-8213-6547-9https://hdl.handle.net/10986/6683Public Ends, Private Means: Strategic purchasing of value for money in health services is part of a series of World Bank publications on ways to make public spending on health care more efficient and equitable in developing countries. It reviews the underlying economics in terms of agency theory, behavioral science, contract theory, transaction costs, and public choice theory. It provides a synthesis of the institutional environment needed for countries to shift to strategic purchasing, organizational incentives that need to be in place, and management capacity that needs to be strengthened. The volume is supplemented with a CD that presents six regional reviews of current resource allocation and purchasing (RAP) arrangements.CC BY 3.0 IGOACCESS TO HEALTH CAREACCOUNTABILITY MECHANISMSADEQUATE CAREADVERSE SELECTIONALLOCATIVE EFFICIENCYAPPLICABLE LAWCAPACITY BUILDINGCARE PURCHASERSCLINICAL MANAGEMENTCOLLECTION OF REVENUESCOMMUNITY HEALTHCOMMUNITY RATINGCONCERN OF POLICY MAKERSCONTRACTUAL ARRANGEMENTSCONTRACTUAL RELATIONSHIPSCOST SHARINGDECISION MAKINGDEMAND FOR HEALTHDEMAND FOR HEALTH CAREDEMAND FOR SERVICESDEVELOPING COUNTRIESDIAGNOSISDISABILITYDISSEMINATIONDOCTORSDRUGSEMPLOYMENTEQUILIBRIUMEQUITY GOALSEXCESSIVE CONSUMPTIONEXPOSUREFEE FOR SERVICEFEE SCHEDULESFERTILITYFERTILITY RATESFINANCIAL INCENTIVESFINANCIAL PROTECTIONFINANCIAL RISKFINANCING HEALTH CAREFINANCING OF HEALTH CAREFLAT RATEGOVERNMENT PROGRAMSHEALTH CAREHEALTH CARE DECISIONSHEALTH CARE FINANCINGHEALTH CARE PROVIDERSHEALTH CARE SECTORHEALTH CARE SERVICESHEALTH CARE SYSTEMHEALTH CARE SYSTEMSHEALTH ECONOMICSHEALTH FINANCINGHEALTH INSURANCE SCHEMEHEALTH MAINTENANCEHEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONHEALTH POLICYHEALTH PROVIDERSHEALTH SECTORHEALTH SERVICESHEALTH SYSTEMHEALTH SYSTEMSHEALTH WORKERSHMOHOSPITALHOSPITAL CAREHOSPITAL SECTORHOSPITALSILLNESSINCENTIVE STRUCTURESINDIVIDUAL HEALTHINDUCED DEMANDINFORMATION ASYMMETRYINFORMATION SYSTEMINFORMED CHOICESINSTITUTIONAL CAPACITYINSURANCE FUNDSLABOR MARKETLABOR SUPPLYLAWSLEGAL FRAMEWORKLEGAL STATUSLIFE EXPECTANCYLIFE YEARSLOW INCOMELOW-INCOME COUNTRIESLOW-INCOME POPULATIONSMARGINAL COSTMARGINAL COSTSMARKET FAILURESMEDICAL CAREMEDICAL ECONOMICSMEDICAL EQUIPMENTMEDICAL POLICYMINISTRY OF HEALTHMORAL HAZARDNATIONAL HEALTHNATIONAL HEALTH SERVICENATIONAL HEALTH SERVICESNATURE OF HEALTHNONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONSNONGOVERNMENTAL SECTORSNUTRITIONPACIFIC REGIONPARADIGM SHIFTPATIENTPATIENT SPENDINGPATIENTSPHYSICIANSPOCKET PAYMENTSPOCKET PAYMENTS BY HOUSEHOLDSPOLICY FRAMEWORKPOLICY MAKERSPOOR PEOPLEPRIMARY HEALTH CAREPRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCEPRIVATE SECTORPRIVATE SECTORSPROGRESSPUBLIC HEALTHPUBLIC HEALTH CAREPUBLIC HOSPITALSPUBLIC POLICYPUBLIC SECTORPUBLIC SERVICEPUBLIC SPENDINGQUALITY ASSURANCEREFORM OF HEALTH CARERESOURCE ALLOCATIONRESOURCE CONSTRAINTSRESOURCE FLOWSRESOURCE MOBILIZATIONRISK EQUALIZATIONRISK SHARINGRURAL AREASSCARCE RESOURCESSERVICE DELIVERYSERVICE PROVIDERSSOCIAL EXCLUSIONSOCIAL HEALTH INSURANCESOCIAL SECURITYSOCIOECONOMIC FACTORSUNIVERSAL ACCESSWASTEWORKERSWORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATIONWorld Bank10.1596/978-0-8213-6547-2https://doi.org/10.1596/978-0-8213-6547-2