Effective Purchasing for Health Gain

by Figueras

• ISBN13: 9780335213689
• ISBN10: 0335213685
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-04-01
• Publisher: Open University Press

Summary

Purchasing is championed as key to improving health systems performance. However, despite the central role the purchasing function plays in many health system reforms, there is very little evidence about its development or its real impact on societal objectives. This book addresses this gap and provides: A comprehensive account of the theory and practice of purchasing for health services across Europe An up-to-date analysis of the evidence on different approaches to purchasing Support for policy-makers and practitioners as they formulate purchasing strategies so that they can increase effectiveness and improve performance in their own national context An assessment of the intersecting roles of citizens, the government and the providers Written by leading health policy analysts, this book is essential reading for health policy makers, planners and managers as well as researchers and students in the field of health studies.Contributors: Toni Ashton, Philip Berman, Michael Borowitz, Helmut Brand, Reinhard Busse, Andrea Donatini, Martin Dlouhy, Antonio Duran, Tamas Evetovits, Andre P. van den Exter, Josep Figueras, Nick Freemantle, Julian Forder, Peter Gaal, Chris Ham, Brian Hardy, Petr Hava, David Hunter, Danguole Jankauskiene, Maris Jesse, Ninel Kadyrova, Joe Kutzin, John Langenbrunner, Donald W. Light, Hans Maarse, Nicholas Mays, Martin McKee, Eva Orosz, John Ovretveit, Dominique Polton, Alexander S. Preker, Thomas A. Rathwell, Sabine Richard, Ray Robinson, Andrei Rys, Constantino Sakellarides, Sergey Shishkin, Peter C. Smith, Markus Schneider, Francesco Taroni, Marcial Velasco-Garrido, Miriam Wiley

Table of Contents

List of tables	ix
List of boxes	x
List of figures	xii
List of contributors	xiii
Series editors' introduction	xvii
Foreword	xix
Acknowledgements	xxi
part one
Introduction	3	(8)
Ray Robinson
Elke Jakubowski
Josep Figueras
Organization of purchasing in Europe	11	(33)
Ray Robinson
Elke Jakubowski
Josep Figueras
Purchasing to improve health systems performance: drawing the lessons	44	(39)
Josep Figueras
Ray Robinson
Elke Jakubowski
part two
Theories of purchasing	83	(19)
Julian Forder
Ray Robinson
Brian Hardy
Role of markets and competition	102	(20)
Peter C. Smith
Alexander S. Preker
Donald W. Light
Sabine Richard
Purchasers as the public's agent	122	(18)
Andre P. den Exter
Purchasing to promote population health	140	(24)
Martin McKee
Helmut Brand
Steering the purchaser: stewardship and government	164	(23)
David J. Hunter
Sergey Shishkin
Francesco Taroni
Purchasers, providers and contracts	187	(28)
Antonio Duran
Igor Sheiman
Markus Schneider
John Ovretveit
Purchasing for quality of care	215	(21)
Marcial Velasco-Garrido
Michael Borowitz
John Ovretveit
Reinhard Busse
Purchasing and paying providers	236	(29)
Jack Langenbrunner
Eva Orosz
Joe Kutzin
Miriam Wiley
Responding to purchasing: provider perspectives	265	(24)
Hans Maarse
Thomas A. Rathwell
Tamas Evetovits
Alexander S. Preker
Elke Jakubowski
Index	289