Health system performance comparison : an agenda for policy, information and research /
This timely and authoritative book offers an important summary of the current developments in health system performance comparison. It summarises the current state of efforts to compare systems, and identifies and explores the practical and conceptual challenges that occur. It discusses data and met...
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| Main Authors: | , |
| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Maidenhead, England :
Open University Press,
2013
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| Series: | European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies series.
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| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| Summary: | This timely and authoritative book offers an important summary of the current developments in health system performance comparison. It summarises the current state of efforts to compare systems, and identifies and explores the practical and conceptual challenges that occur. It discusses data and methodological challenges, as well as broader issues such as the interface between evidence and practice. The book draws out the priorities for future work on performance comparison, in the development of data sources and measurement instruments, analytic methodology, and assessment of evidence on performance. It concludes by presenting the key lessons and future priorities, and in doing so offers a rich source of material for policy-makers, their analytic advisors, international agencies, academics and students of health systems. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xxvi, 391 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references at chapter ends, and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780335247271 033524727X 9780335247264 0335247261 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |
