New thinking about the management of public health services has stimulated a widespread movement for health sector reform across the world. This book examines the feasibility and desirability of common reforms in low income countries, based on in-depth case studies in Ghana, Zimbabwe, Sri Lanka, India and Thailand, and asks whether governments possess or can develop the capacities needed for these new and often complex roles. The book challenges conventional reform wisdom, and argues that reform approaches are needed that are more sensitive to the institutional characteristics of individual countries.

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Publisher

Palgrave Macmillan

Year

2000

ISBN

9780230599819

Topic

Politique et relations internationales

Subtopic

Politique

Cover
Contents
List of Tables
List of Figures
List of Boxes
List of Acronyms and Abbreviations
Preface
About the Authors
1. Health Sector Reform and the Role of Government
2. The Structure and Performance of Health Systems
3. Explanations of Performance and Reform Responses
4. Bureaucratic Commercialisation: Decentralisation of Hospital Management
5. Increasing Government Finance: Charging the Users
6. Government Purchase of Private Services
7. Regulating and Enabling the Private Sector
8. Taking Account of Capacity
9. Reforming Health Sector Reform
Notes
References
Index