Health Sector Reform Agenda Monograph No. 9: Bridging to Future ReformsElgo, Frances RoseGonzales, GlendaMendoza, Laurita
New public management (NPM) ideas have been reflected in the international health sector reform agenda. This paper summarizes the extent and depth of reform in the five countries studied, as reflected in four key policy arrangements, and reviews the various dimensions of capacity which have ...
The White House Task Force on National Health Care Reform, headed by First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton, is expected to release its prescription for health care reform this month. From the outset, Clinton's mandate was clear: to provide universal coverage while reining in costs for delivering qua...
The reasons for this shift towards SHI included a desire to return to pre-Soviet institutions, to limit the influence of politicians over the health system, and to create more stable and independent revenue streams for the healthcare sector ([18], [25]). Subsequently, because of apparent prob...
The Health Sector Reform Agenda and FOURmula ONE for Health are national health reform initiatives of the Philippines aimed at activating community health services and preventive health services as well as establishing a universal medical insurance system. Before the introduction of these two initiatives...
Posted in Economics, Health Care, Health Reform, Price Controls, tagged Economics, Health Care, Health Reform, Price Controls on July 1, 2017| 19 Comments » When discussing government involvement in the health sector, I usually focus on the budgetary implications. Which makes sense since I’...
Healthcare in the Philippines has been volatile, to put it mildly. In 2005 the Asian Development Bank (ADB) awarded a grant of US$1 million to support health sector reform and thereby improve the efficiency of public health service delivery.However, the ensuing years saw the country grapple ...
Reform Strategies in the Indian Financial Sector Financial sector reforms in India in the 1990s have undeniably advanced the objectives of significantly opening the constituent segments to competition and liberalized operations. India now has a world-class equity markets infrastructure... URP Saugata Bhatt...
The important positive role played by a shared information management system has also been noted. Horvitz-Lennon et al. [24] reported that the mental health sector, for example, has lagged and that, “most people with mental illnesses are cared for in practices whose information systems are und...
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