TY - BOOK ID - 30917570 TI - Purchasing to improve health systems performance. AU - Figueras, Josep AU - Danzon, Marc. AU - Robinson, Ray AU - Jakubowski, Elke PY - 2005 SN - 1280951435 0335225004 0335213677 9780335225002 9780335213672 9780335213689 0335213685 9781280951435 0335213685 9780335225002 9780335231546 0335231543 9786610951437 6610951438 PB - Berkshire Open university press DB - UniCat KW - Medical supplies. KW - Public health administration. KW - Contracts KW - Delivery of Health Care KW - Health Policy KW - Public Health Administration KW - Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation KW - Jurisprudence KW - Organization and Administration KW - Patient Care Management KW - Public Policy KW - Social Control, Formal KW - Health Services Administration KW - Social Control Policies KW - Health Care KW - Sociology KW - Policy KW - Health Care Economics and Organizations KW - Social Sciences KW - Anthropology, Education, Sociology and Social Phenomena KW - Science, Social KW - Sciences, Social KW - Social Science KW - Healthcare Economics and Organizations KW - Policies KW - General Social Development and Population KW - Community-Based Distribution KW - Contraceptive Distribution KW - Delivery of Healthcare KW - Dental Care Delivery KW - Distribution, Non-Clinical KW - Distribution, Nonclinical KW - Distributional Activities KW - Healthcare KW - Healthcare Delivery KW - Healthcare Systems KW - Non-Clinical Distribution KW - Nonclinical Distribution KW - Delivery of Dental Care KW - Health Care Delivery KW - Health Care Systems KW - Activities, Distributional KW - Activity, Distributional KW - Care, Health KW - Community Based Distribution KW - Community-Based Distributions KW - Contraceptive Distributions KW - Deliveries, Healthcare KW - Delivery, Dental Care KW - Delivery, Health Care KW - Delivery, Healthcare KW - Distribution, Community-Based KW - Distribution, Contraceptive KW - Distribution, Non Clinical KW - Distributional Activity KW - Distributions, Community-Based KW - Distributions, Contraceptive KW - Distributions, Non-Clinical KW - Distributions, Nonclinical KW - Health Care System KW - Healthcare Deliveries KW - Healthcare System KW - Non Clinical Distribution KW - Non-Clinical Distributions KW - Nonclinical Distributions KW - System, Health Care KW - System, Healthcare KW - Systems, Health Care KW - Systems, Healthcare KW - Contract KW - Control Policies, Social KW - Control Policy, Social KW - Policies, Social Control KW - Policy, Social Control KW - Social Control Policy KW - Administration, Health Services KW - Health Services KW - Regulation KW - Social Control KW - Control, Social KW - Controls, Social KW - Formal Social Control KW - Formal Social Controls KW - Regulations KW - Social Controls KW - Migration Policy KW - Population Policy KW - Social Protection KW - Social Policy KW - Migration Policies KW - Policies, Migration KW - Policies, Population KW - Policies, Public KW - Policies, Social KW - Policy, Migration KW - Policy, Population KW - Policy, Public KW - Policy, Social KW - Population Policies KW - Protection, Social KW - Public Policies KW - Social Policies KW - Care Management, Patient KW - Management, Patient Care KW - Administration and Organization KW - Administrative Technics KW - Administrative Techniques KW - Coordination, Administrative KW - Logistics KW - Supervision KW - Technics, Administrative KW - Techniques, Administrative KW - Administration KW - Administrative Coordination KW - Administrative Technic KW - Administrative Technique KW - Technic, Administrative KW - Technique, Administrative KW - Constitutional Law KW - Court Decision KW - Law KW - Legal Aspects KW - Legal Obligations KW - Legal Status KW - State Interest KW - Litigation KW - Medical Jurisprudence KW - Aspect, Legal KW - Aspects, Legal KW - Constitutional Laws KW - Court Decisions KW - Decision, Court KW - Decisions, Court KW - Interest, State KW - Interests, State KW - Jurisprudence, Medical KW - Law, Constitutional KW - Laws KW - Laws, Constitutional KW - Legal Aspect KW - Legal Obligation KW - Litigations KW - Obligation, Legal KW - Obligations, Legal KW - State Interests KW - Status, Legal KW - Healthcare Quality, Access, and Evaluation KW - Administration, Public Health KW - Public Health KW - National Health Policy KW - Health Policies KW - Health Policies, National KW - Health Policy, National KW - National Health Policies KW - Policies, Health KW - Policies, National Health KW - Policy, Health KW - Policy, National Health KW - organization & administration KW - WA 525 Health Administration and Organization - General works KW - Contract Services KW - Policy Making KW - Defamation KW - Lawyers KW - Affirmative Action KW - Action, Affirmative KW - Health Care Economics KW - Health Economics KW - Healthcare Economics KW - Care Economic, Health KW - Economic, Health KW - Economic, Health Care KW - Economic, Healthcare KW - Economics, Health Care KW - Health Care Economic KW - Health Economic KW - Healthcare Economic KW - Healthcare Policy KW - Healthcare Policies KW - Policy, Healthcare UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:30917570 AB - Purchasing is championed as a key to improving health systems performance. However, despite the central role the purchasing function plays in many health system reforms, there is very little evidence about its development or its real impact on societal objectives.This book addresses this gap and provides:* A comprehensive account of the theory and practice of purchasing for health services across Europe* An up-to-date analysis of the evidence on different approaches to purchasing* Support for policy makers and practitioners as they formulate purchasing strategies so that they can increase effectiveness and improve performance in their own national context* An assessment of the intersecting roles of citizens, the government and the providersWritten by leading health policy analysts, this book is essential reading for health policy makers, planners and managers as well as researchers and students in the field of health studies. ER -