Valuing Health Systems: A Framework for Low and Middle Income Countries

by Charles Collins and Andrew Green

Book Overview

The underlying themes of this book are twofold: it emphasises the importance of understanding and strengthening health systems to improve a population's health in low and middle income countries; it promotes the values of equity and the right to health, efficiency, participative and accountable decision-making, and the need for a long-term perspective. These values are examined in relation to governance, policy making and planning, financing, managing,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9353881072
• ISBN13: 9789353881078
• Release Date: August 2013
• Publisher: Sage Publications Pvt. Ltd
• Length: 356 Pages
• Weight: 0.99 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.5"