Financing health care in East Asia and the Pacific [electronic resource] : best practices and remaining challenges / John C. Langenbrunner, Aparnaa Somanathan.

Why this health financing note
Background and overview of the East Asia and Pacific Region and the health sectors
Importance of investing in health and a framework for managing and using funds in the sector
Mobilization of revenues for health
Pooling and management of funds
Resource allocation and purchasing (RAP)
Connecting financing and delivery of services : institutional and organizational characteristics in EAP countries
Assessing performance in EAP : efficiency and equity of health financing.