| Title : | Hospital performance in Brazil : the search for excellence |
| Material Type: | printed text |
| Authors: | Gerard M La Forgia, Author |
| Publisher: | Washington D.C. : The World Bank |
| Publication Date: | 2008 |
| Pagination: | xlv, 411 p. |
| Layout: | ill. |
| Size: | 26 cm |
| ISBN (or other code): | 978-0-8213-7358-3 |
| General note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 375-393) and index |
| Languages : | English (eng) Original Language : English (eng) |
| Descriptors: | Brazil
Hospitals-Standards
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| Class number: | 362 |
| Abstract: | "Hospital performance in Brazil"- This book examines key elements in promoting hospital performance within the organizational and financial context of the Brazilian hospital sector, highlighting the need to strengthen governance arrangements, improve accountability, and sharpen resource management. The authors provide recommendations, and suggestions for implementing them, based on what works in Brazil, while drawing on international experiences relevant to the Brazilian context. The book will be of interest to policy makers and hospital administrators and planners in both the public and private sectors, in Brazil and in other middle-income countries. La Forgia is lead health specialist at the World Bank, working out of Sāo Paulo, Brazil. Couttolenc is a professor and researcher in health economics at the University of Sāo Paulo, Brazil. |
| Contents note: | The Brazilian Hospital Sector: Structure, Financing, Spending and Outcomes; Comparative Analysis of Costs and Efficiency; Hospital Payment Mechanisms and Contracting Arrangements; Organizational Arrangements and Performance of Brazilian Hospitals; Inside the Black Box: Linking Organizational Arrangements Managerial Behaviors and Performance in Public and Private Hospitals; Quality of Care: Still the Forgotten Component; Quality Assessment and Improvement; Conclusions and Recommendations;
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| Record link: | https://library.seeu.edu.mk/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=13296 |
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