Creating Evidence for Better Health Financing Decisions: A Strategic Guide for the Institutionalization of National Health Accounts (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780821394694)

Any analysis of health financing issues has to begin with sound estimates of the level and flow of resources in a health system, including total levels of spending, the sources of health expenditures, the uses of funds in terms of services purchased, and in terms of who purchases them. The analysis should also aim at understanding how these resource flows are correlated with health system outcomes, including those of improving health, reducing health inequalities, and reducing the incidence of catastrophic health expenditure. National Health Accounts (NHA) provide a framework to collect, compile, and analyze such data on all types of health spending in a country-and so create a robust evidence base for policy making.

Author: Akiko Maeda,Margareta Norris Harrit,Shunsuke Mabuchi
ISBN-10: 082139469X
ISBN-13: 9780821394694
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Language: English
Published: 05/01/2012
Pages: 320
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.13lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.79d