Managers and administrators in charge of social protection and health financing, service purchasing and provision play a crucial role in harnessing the potential advantage of prudent organization, management and purchasing of health services, thereby supporting the attainment of Universal Health...

Governance in health is cited as one of the key factors in balancing the concerns of the government and public sector with the interests of civil society/private players, but often remains poorly described and operationalized. Richard Saltman and Antonio Duran look at two aspects in the search...

Germany's health care system takes care of around 82 million people and is built on the principles of solidarityand equity. At the same time, it is a large and attractive market. It's long history and ever more detailed regulation,however, make it difficult to understand the system and to enter...

Managers and administrators in charge of social protection and health financing, service purchasing and provision play a crucial role in harnessing the potential advantage of prudent organization, management and purchasing of health services, thereby supporting the attainment of Universal Health...

A structured questionnaire survey of all 131 health authorities in England, Wales and Scotland was carried out between September 1995 and January 1996. The priority setting questionnaire was sent to chairpersons or chief executives of each health authority, although respondents had a variety of...

Making drugs available and accessible to the poor remains an important health care objective in developing countries. The Bamako Initiative has introduced the concept of a revolving fund, where users pay for medicines, thereby contributing to the replenishment of the fund. However, the inability...