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Getting Health Reform Right: A Guide to Improving Performance and Equity
THE FOUNDATIONAL WORK IN HEALTH REFORM, CELEBRATING 15 YEARS OF INFLUENCE
Featuring a new introduction by the authors
Getting Health Reform Right is the world's leading text for understanding and managing health systems and their reform. Its simple, analytical model allows readers to design their own approach to improve health-system performance based on three outcomes of greatest importance (health status, citizen satisfaction, and financial risk protection), with step-by-step instructions for defining problems, diagnosing causes, devising solutions, and implementing changes.
"Rapidly assumed the status of a classic and proved an inspiration to a generation of students and policymakers. It is as relevant today as when it was first published." -Peter C. Smith, Emeritus Professor of Health Policy, Imperial College Business School, London
"Has become the mainstay of health-system reform conversations among policymakers in India. Its unique and accessible framing, which goes beyond abstract ideas, has resonated strongly in debates over how to improve health system performance." -Nachiket Mor, former Director, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, India
Featuring a new introduction by the authors
Getting Health Reform Right is the world's leading text for understanding and managing health systems and their reform. Its simple, analytical model allows readers to design their own approach to improve health-system performance based on three outcomes of greatest importance (health status, citizen satisfaction, and financial risk protection), with step-by-step instructions for defining problems, diagnosing causes, devising solutions, and implementing changes.
"Rapidly assumed the status of a classic and proved an inspiration to a generation of students and policymakers. It is as relevant today as when it was first published." -Peter C. Smith, Emeritus Professor of Health Policy, Imperial College Business School, London
"Has become the mainstay of health-system reform conversations among policymakers in India. Its unique and accessible framing, which goes beyond abstract ideas, has resonated strongly in debates over how to improve health system performance." -Nachiket Mor, former Director, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, India
360 pages, Paperback
First published October 11, 2003
About the author
Marc J. Roberts
9 booksMarc J. Roberts is professor of political economy at the Harvard School of Public Health.
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May 24, 2017
کتاب خوبیه. هر چند بد و غیر روان ترجمه شده، اما دید خوبی میده.
July 19, 2013
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.
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.
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