The world health report 2000 [electronic resource] : health systems : improving performance.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

World Health Organization.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Medical statistics.

World Health Organization.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (227 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Geneva : World Health Organization, 2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The World Health Report 2000 is an expert analysis of the increasingly important influence of health systems in the daily lives of people worldwide. To an unprecedented degree it takes account of the role of people as providers and consumers of health services, as financial contributors to health systems, as workers within them, and as citizens engaged in their responsible management, or stewardship. Health systems provide the critical interface between life-saving, life-enhancing interventions and the people who need them. If health systems are weak, the power of these interventions is likewi

Contents:

CONTENTS; MESSAGE FROM THE DIRECTOR-GENERAL; OVERVIEW; CHAPTER 1 WHY DO HEALTH SYSTEMS MATTER?; CHAPTER 2 HOW WELL DO HEALTH SYSTEMS PERFORM?; CHAPTER 3 HEALTH SERVICES: WELL CHOSEN, WELL ORGANIZED?; CHAPTER 4 WHAT RESOURCES ARE NEEDED?; CHAPTER 5 WHO PAYS FOR HEALTH SYSTEMS?; CHAPTER 6 HOW IS THE PUBLIC INTEREST PROTECTED?; STATISTICAL ANNEX; LIST OF MEMBER STATES BY WHO REGION AND MORTALITY STRATUM; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INDEX;

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

1-280-06032-8

9786610060320

1-4175-4007-9

92-4-068169-8

OCLC:

171583552