Title
Decentralizing health services [electronic resource] : a global perspective / Krishna Regmi, editor ; foreword by Prof. David J. Hunter.
ISBN
9781461490715 electronic book
1461490715 electronic book
9781461490708
Published
New York, NY : Springer, 2014.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xv, 214 pages) : illustrations
Item Number
10.1007/978-1-4614-9071-5 doi
Call Number
RA971
Dewey Decimal Classification
362.1068
Summary
Current economic, demographic, and environmental shifts are presenting major challenges to health care systems around the world. In response, decentralization--the transfer of control from central to local authorities--is emerging as a successful means of meeting these challenges and reducing inequities of care. But as with health care itself, one size does not fit all, and care systems must be responsive to global reality as well as local demand. Decentralizing Health Services explores a variety of applications of decentralization to health care delivery in both the developing and developed worlds. Outfitted with principles, blueprints, and examples, this ambitious text clearly sets out the potential role of decentralized care as a major player in public health. Its models of service delivery illustrate care that is effective, inclusive, flexible, and in tune with the current era of preventive and evidence-based healthcare. Contributors point out opportunities, caveats, and controversies as they: Clarify the relationships among decentralization, politics, and policy Differentiate between political, fiscal, and administrative decentralization in health care systems. Consider public/private partnerships in health systems. Explain how the effects of decentralization can be evaluated. Present the newest data on the health outcomes of decentralization. Explore some challenges and global issues of health systems in the 21st century. And each chapter features learning goals, discussion questions, activities, and recommendations for further reading. Heralding changes poised to revolutionize care, Decentralizing Health Services will broaden the horizons of researchers and administrators in health services, health economics, and health policy.
Note
Includes index.
Access Note
Access limited to authorized users.
Source of Description
Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed November 18, 2013).
Health Service Decentralization: An Overview
Health Systems and Decentralization
Decentralization and Public Health: An Analysis of the Health System in Five Latin American Countries: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia and Mexico
Decentralization and Governance in Health Care
Fiscal Decentralization of Health Services
Decentralized Planning Processes
Measuring Health and Health Services
Impact of Decentralization on Health Systems: Existing Evidence
Participation in the New Public Health Landscape
Public-Private Partnerships as Decentralization Strategy in Health Sector
Gender Analysis and Use of Intersectionality in Health
Decentralization of Health Systems: Challenges and Global Issues of the Twenty- First Century.
