Safeguarding the health sector in times of macroeconomic instability : policy lessons for low- and middle-income countries /
editors: Slim Haddad, Enis Barış, Delampady Narayana.
- xii, 360 pages : illustrations, map ; 27 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The MAPhealth project: a multi-country initiative -- Macroeconomic adjustment policies and health sector reform: surveying the literature -- Methodological issues in evaluating public policy -- Health sector reform under macroeconomic adjustment in Burkina Faso: lost opportunities? -- Aiming for equity in Colombia's health system reform: achievements and continuing challenges -- Adjustment and health sector reforms: the solution to low public spending on health care in India? -- High health achievements and good access to health care at great cost: the emerging Kerala situation -- Reform without structural change: conserving traditional sources of power and prestige in Mexico's segmented health market -- The evolution of Thailand's health system after three crises, three adjustments, and three decades of growth -- Safeguarding the health sector in times of macroeconomic instability: policy lessons from Zimbabwe -- Political will and adaptive strategies: keys to safeguarding health in diverse cases with varied reforms.
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Health care reform--Economic aspects--Developing countries Medical policy--Economic aspects--Developing countries Political planning--Finance--Developing countries Structural adjustment (Economic policy)--Developing countries Economic stabilization--Developing countries Medical economics--Developing countries Health care reform--Economic aspects