02725nam a22003974a 4500 ebr10176222 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 060714s2007 dcua sb i001 0 eng 2006023410 101282207 DNLM 9780821365472 (pbk.) 0821365479 (pbk.) 0821365487 (e) 9780821365489 (e) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)317595857 d------ RA410.5 .P795 2007eb 338.4/73621 22 Public ends, private means [electronic resource] : strategic purchasing of health services / edited by Alexander S. Preker ... [et al.]. Washington, D.C. : World Bank, c2007. xvii, 414 p. : ill. Includes bibliographical references and index. Political economy of strategic purchasing / Alexander S. Preker and April Harding -- Policy design in strategic purchasing / Alexander S. Preker, John C. Langenbrunner, and Paolo C. Belli -- The organizational structure of purchasers / Alexander S. Preker ... [et al.] -- Institutional environment / by Hern�an L. Fuenzalida-Puelma, Reinhard R. Hasslinger, and Alexander S. Preker -- Stewardship, governance, and management / Alexander S. Preker ... [et al.] -- Agency theory and its applications in health care / Xingzhu Liu and Anne Mills -- Doctors' and patients' utility functions / Xingzhu Liu and Anne Mills -- Economic models of doctors' behavior / Xingzhu Liu and Anne Mills -- Economic models of hospital behavior / Xingzhu Liu and Anne Mills -- Motivation and performance-related pay / Xingzhu Liu and Anne Mills -- Payment mechanisms and provider behavior / Xingzhu Liu and Anne Mills -- Supplier-induced demand and unnecessary care / Xingzhu Liu and Anne Mills -- The organization of publicly financed health care services / William Jack -- Contracting for medical care: providing incentives and controlling costs / William Jack -- Measuring efficiency in purchasing / Xingzhu Liu and Anne Mills. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. Medical economics Developing countries. Medical care, Cost of Developing countries. Medical policy Developing countries. Electronic books. local Preker, Alexander S., 1951- World Bank. ebrary, Inc. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10176222 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 141538 141538