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Successfully Adapting Health and Social Care to an Older Population in Croatia : Policy Note
World Bank Group - 2020
This policy note assesses Croatia's readiness for increased longevity. It focuses on health and social care services for the elderly, identifying critical gaps, or open questions, in the key areas of services, workforce, financing and governance. The aim is to support reforms that strengthen...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012647266
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Strengthening Hospitals for a Post-COVID-19 Future in Poland
World Bank Group - 2021
of this analysis is to identify pragmatic steps to improve hospital performance in Poland and propose actionable short … this study. In addition to studying the hospital sector and the reform experience to date, the study team has held focused … upon expertise in hospital evaluation and management, health economics, and health services research, the study team …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012603575
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Romania Regional Hospital Analysis Study : Regional Referral Networks in Romania
World Bank Group - 2018
hospital activity data, stakeholder interviews, and literature review to assess the extent to which these factors are in place …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012645395
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Policy Note on Belarus Hospital Optimization
World Bank Group - 2020
Analytics (ASA) was to help the government in developing an understanding of the vision on hospital optimization for 2021 … epidemiological profile of Belarus, its burden of diseases, organization of hospital service delivery, and utilization of these … Estonia, Finland, Denmark, Germany, Netherlands, and Australia are dealing with similar health care issues and how their …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012497494
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Shaping Healthier Societies and Building Higher Performing Health Systems in the GCC Countries
World Bank Group - 2015
This policy note summarizes the central health sector trends and challenges in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries of the Middle East and North Africa region (MENA). These countries are Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Oman, and Qatar. The note also...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012564697
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DRC Health Financing Reform for UHC : Part 2. Mobilization and Allocation of Resources for Health
World Bank Group - 2021
Several studies have identified problems in the DRC health sector, including: low budget allocation, high household expenditure, dependence on external funding, poor use of available resources, low budget execution, governance problems and a decentralization process that remains largely...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012603555
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Walking the Talk : Reimagining Primary Health Care After COVID-19
World Bank Group - 2021
The world has waited long enough for high-performing primary health care (PHC). It's time to deliver. Forty years ago, leaders embraced the promise of health for all through PHC. That vision has inspired generations. But for nearly half a century, countries have struggled to walk the talk on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012603657
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Towards Effective Chronic Case Management : Improving the Efficiency of Outside Medical Referrals in West Bank and Gaza
World Bank Group - 2021
have more of a focus on curative interventions at the hospital level, with less of a priority accorded to preventive …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013209160
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Tanzania : Re-positioning Health Service Delivery in Response to the Changing Disease Burden
World Bank Group - 2022
Over the last two decades, Tanzania has registered improvement in the health status of the population and a reduction in the overall disease burden. However, the burden of communicable diseases and maternal and child health conditions, including nutrition, remains persistently high. These...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013209183
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Karnataka : A Rapid Private Health Sector Assessment
World Bank Group - 2005
This paper presents a rapid private health sector assessment for Karnataka. Karnataka is a middle-tier Indian state with most state-wide health indicators mirroring those for the nation as a whole. In addition to these health statistics, more than half of Karnataka's children suffer from...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013209206