Current economic, demographic, and environmental shifts are presenting major challenges to health care systems around the world. In response, decentralization--the transfer of control from central to local authorities--is emerging as a successful means of meeting these challenges and reducing inequities of care. But as with health care itself, one size does not fit all, and care systems must be responsive to global reality as well as local demand.
Decentralization of health services is often contentious in both developed and developing nations. The aim of this text book was to conduct an in depth examination of the nature and impact of health system decentralization, using primary care service users and providers perspectives. Decentralization of health policy is a difficult area to investigate due to the lack of conceptual clarity about decentralization itself and the complexities of analysing policy processes, especially the attribution of outcomes to particular policies. The study shows that decentralization of health...
Decentralization of health services is often contentious in both developed and developing nations. The aim of this text book was to conduct an in d...
The first textbook on public health intelligence presents in depth the key concepts, methods, and objectives of this increasingly important competency. It systematically reviews types of evidence and data that comprise intelligence, effective techniques for assessment, analysis, and interpretation, and the role of this knowledge in quality health service delivery. The book s learner-centered approach gives readers interactive context for mastering the processes of gathering and working with intelligence as well as its uses in informing public health decision-making. And its pragmatic...
The first textbook on public health intelligence presents in depth the key concepts, methods, and objectives of this increasingly important compete...
Current economic, demographic, and environmental shifts are presenting major challenges to health care systems around the world. In response, decentralization--the transfer of control from central to local authorities--is emerging as a successful means of meeting these challenges and reducing inequities of care. But as with health care itself, one size does not fit all, and care systems must be responsive to global reality as well as local demand.
