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Implementing health financing reform : lessons from countries in transition / edited by Joseph Kutzin, Cheryl Cashin, Melitta Jakab ; European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies..

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Series: Observatory studies series ; no. 21Publication details: [Brussels] : European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies, 2010.Description: xx, 411 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9789289042116
  • 9289042117
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 362.1068/1094 23
LOC classification:
  • RA410.55.E83 I47 2010
Online resources: Summary: Since 1990, the social and economic policies of the transition countries of central and eastern Europe, the Caucasus and central Asia have diverged, including the way they have reformed the financing of their health systems. This book analyses this rich experience in a systematic way. It reviews the background to health financing systems and reform in these countries, starting with the legacy of the systems in the USSR and central and eastern Europe before 1990 and the consequences (particularly fiscal) of the transition for their organization and performance. From practical experience of implementing, advising or evaluating health financing policies in the region, the authors offer important lessons, as well as pitfalls to avoid in the reform process. This book is essential reading for health finance policy-makers, advisers and analysts in this region and beyond.
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წიგნი წიგნი ეროვნული სამეცნიერო ბიბლიოთეკა 1 საცავი. 1 კორპ. 336 : 614 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 2E63723 Available 2019-14147

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Since 1990, the social and economic policies of the transition countries of central and eastern Europe, the Caucasus and central Asia have diverged, including the way they have reformed the financing of their health systems. This book analyses this rich experience in a systematic way. It reviews the background to health financing systems and reform in these countries, starting with the legacy of the systems in the USSR and central and eastern Europe before 1990 and the consequences (particularly fiscal) of the transition for their organization and performance. From practical experience of implementing, advising or evaluating health financing policies in the region, the authors offer important lessons, as well as pitfalls to avoid in the reform process. This book is essential reading for health finance policy-makers, advisers and analysts in this region and beyond.

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