Getting Health Reform Right: A Guide to Improving Performance and Equity

by Marc J. Roberts, Peter Berman, William Hsiao

This book meets a critical need felt by analysts, researchers, and officials struggling with health-sector reform around the world. The authors synthesize diverse analytical methods and international experience to provide practical guidance on how to improve the performance of health-care delivery systems. Drawing on economic analysis, political strategy, managerial considerations, and ethical concerns, the text guides the reader through a step-by-step process for defining problems, diagnosing causes, devising solutions, and assuring adoption and implementation. With a focus on the health-care system as a means to an end-and improving the well-being of a nation's population-the book helps the reader develop effective strategies tailored to each nation's individual situation. Particular attention is paid to issues of equity and the difficulties confronted by disadvantaged populations.

Genres: Health Care, Nonfiction, Politics, Health, Medicine

332 pages, Paperback

First published October 11, 2003

About the author

Marc J. Roberts is professor of political economy at the Harvard School of Public Health.

Reviews

[Ahmad · Rating 4 out of 5]

کتاب خوبیه. هر چند بد و غیر روان ترجمه شده، اما دید خوبی می‌ده.

[Max · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was one of the better policy books I've ever read. It was a bit dry at times, but it was interesting, balanced and original throughout. The wealth of knowledge and expertise was outstanding; the authors offer useful examples of health reforms from different countries on every page.

They manage to provide both analysis that is dispassionate and balanced, but also useful policy recommendations. Each chapter has several well-reasoned policy recommendations.

It is interesting throughout, a rarity for policy books. The second half of the book might actually be better and more useful than the first. I particularly enjoyed the chapters on Financing, Payment and Behavior.

Highly recommended for anyone interested in health policymaking. All that being said, this is more toolkit than interesting for its own sake; I would only recommend it to someone interesting in health policymaking.

I will bring it with me to Abidjan.