{"product_id":"health-targets-in-europe-matthias-wismar-9789289042840","title":"Health Targets in Europe: Learning from Experience","description":"Health targets can help to improve the governance of health systems. They express a commitment to achieve specified outputs over a defined period, and allow progress towards broad goals and objectives to be monitored. They may be quantitative or qualitative, and based on outcomes or processes.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book draws on a series of case studies on the use of health targets, written by experts from Catalonia (Spain), England (United Kingdom), Flanders (Belgium), France, Germany, Hungary and the Russian Federation. It reviews the major technical, managerial and political challenges of defining and implementing health targets. While they help focus attention on agreed goals, to realize their potential they need to be based on evidence, accepted by those who work to achieve them, be embedded in frameworks of mutual accountability, linked to appropriate incentives and\/or sanctions and supported by an adequate intelligence infrastructure.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe experiences of these countries and regions can serve as examples to all those in government who strive to improve the performance of their health systems.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Matthias Wismar,Martin McKee,Kelly Ernst\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 9289042842\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9789289042840\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e World Health Organization\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/18\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 174\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.20w x 0.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eScitech Book News\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2009 pg. 115","brand":"Matthias Wismar","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48450183463167,"sku":"9789289042840","price":48.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a86deb62-59dc-4661-a3b6-c4ff8fefc0f2.jpg?v=1777266563","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/health-targets-in-europe-matthias-wismar-9789289042840","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}