| Description |
1 online resource (xxi, 216 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Directions in development. Human development |
|
Directions in development (Washington, D.C.). Human development.
|
| Contents |
Front Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; About the Author; Abbreviations; What Are Ghana's Health, Nutrition, and Population Challenges as It Continues Its Transition to Universal Health Insurance Coverage?; What Are Some Health System Challenges?; How Is Ghana Faring in the Use of Public Resources for Health?; What Are the Population's Health Outcomes and Access to and Use of Services?; Is the Population Financially Protected against Illness?; What Are the Next Steps for Ghana?; References; Figures; Overview; Background |
|
Population Dynamics and Demographic ChangesLabor Market Situation; Overview of Ghana's Health System; Cross-Cutting Areas of Reform; The Book; Notes; References; Epidemiological Changes; Tables; Chapter 1 Background and Objectives; Health Infrastructure and Other Capital Investments; Human Resources for Health; Pharmaceuticals; Conclusion; Notes; References; Boxes; Key Messages; Chapter 2 Health Delivery System; Health Financing Functions; Trend Analysis on Health Budgets and Expenditures; Fiscal Space Analysis; Health Insurance Providers; Conclusion; Notes; References; Key Messages |
|
Chapter 3 Health Financing SystemHealth Outcomes; Health Outputs; Efficiency; Financial Protection and Equity in Financing; Quality of Health Services; Conclusion; Notes; References; Key Messages; Chapter 4 Assessment of Health Financing and Delivery Performance; Reform Issues; Reform Options; Summary of Key Reform Options; Reference; Note; Chapter 5 Key Reform Issues and Options; Back Cover |
| Summary |
" ... briefly discusses some of the debates in Ghana's health sector: decentralization and governance, private sector partnership, strengthening health systems, and health financing. It brings together several elements of health system development and challenges and links it to health financing and delivery performance. The volume reviews the situation among human resources for health and pharmaceuticals. The private sector is growing and attention is required on its development. The volume benefits from health service delivery assessments in the public and private sectors, and finds large variations in distribution and weak incentives to improve productivity and performance. It also reviews the demand side financing reform, its coverage of the population and its effect on service use and the financial sustainability of the National Health Insurance Scheme ..."--Publisher's website |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Public health -- Ghana
|
|
Medical care -- Ghana
|
|
Medical policy -- Ghana
|
|
Medical policy.
|
|
Health Care Sector
|
|
Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care -- statistics & numerical data
|
|
Health Care Costs -- statistics & numerical data
|
|
Health Policy
|
|
Health Services Needs and Demand -- statistics & numerical data
|
|
MEDICAL -- Epidemiology.
|
|
MEDICAL -- Health Risk Assessment.
|
|
Medical care
|
|
Medical policy
|
|
Public health
|
|
Gesundheitswesen
|
|
Santé publique -- Administration Ghana.
|
|
Politique de santé Ghana.
|
| SUBJECT |
Ghana -- Statistics, Medical
|
|
Ghana |
| Subject |
Ghana
|
|
Ghana
|
|
Ghana -- Statistiques médicales.
|
| Genre/Form |
Medical statistics
|
| Form |
Electronic book
|
| ISBN |
9780821396001 |
|
0821396005 |
|
0821395998 |
|
9780821395998 |
|
