Improving health service delivery in developing countries : from evidence to action

Improving health service delivery in developing countries : from evidence to action / editors, David H. Peters [and others].

Reliable information on how health service strategies affect the poor is in short supply. In an attempt to redress the imbalance, Improving Health Service Delivery in Developing Countries presents evidence on strategies for strengthening health service delivery, based on systematic reviews of the li...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: World Bank
Other Authors: Peters, David H., 1962-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, DC : World Bank, ©2009.
Series:Directions in development (Washington, D.C.)
Subjects:
Medical care > Developing countries.
Public health > Developing countries.
Health services accessibility > Developing countries.
Medical care.
National health services.
Outcome assessment (Medical care)
HEALTH & FITNESS > Health Care Issues.
MEDICAL > Public Health.
MEDICAL > Health Policy.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Diseases > General.
MEDICAL > Diseases.
MEDICAL > Health Care Delivery.
National health services
Health services accessibility
Medical care
Public health
Developing countries
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Table of Contents:
  • Review of strategies to strengthen health services
  • Review of strategies to strengthen the performance of health organizations
  • Review of strategies to improve health care provider performance
  • Review of community empowerment strategies for health
  • Analysis of cross-country changes in health services
  • Institutional context of health services
  • Evaluation of changes in health results in World Bank-assisted health projects
  • Seven country case studies
  • From evidence to learning and doing.

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