Author: Bernard F Couttolenc
Publisher: World Bank Publications
ISBN: 0821395904
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 126
Book Description
Ghana's government has embarked on a decentralization process since the 1980s, but the intended devolution of the health system faces important challenges and shortfalls. This study analyzes the strengths and weaknesses of the decentralization of the Ghanaian health system.
Decentralization and Governance in the Ghana Health Sector
Author: Bernard F Couttolenc
Publisher: World Bank Publications
ISBN: 0821395904
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 126
Book Description
Ghana's government has embarked on a decentralization process since the 1980s, but the intended devolution of the health system faces important challenges and shortfalls. This study analyzes the strengths and weaknesses of the decentralization of the Ghanaian health system.
Publisher: World Bank Publications
ISBN: 0821395904
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 126
Book Description
Ghana's government has embarked on a decentralization process since the 1980s, but the intended devolution of the health system faces important challenges and shortfalls. This study analyzes the strengths and weaknesses of the decentralization of the Ghanaian health system.
Decentralization In Health Care: Strategies And Outcomes
Author: Saltman, Richard
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education (UK)
ISBN: 033521925X
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 327
Book Description
Exploring the capacity and impact of decentralization within European health care systems, this book examines both the theoretical underpinnings as well as practical experience with decentralization.
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education (UK)
ISBN: 033521925X
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 327
Book Description
Exploring the capacity and impact of decentralization within European health care systems, this book examines both the theoretical underpinnings as well as practical experience with decentralization.
Federalism and Decentralization in Health Care
Author: Gregory P. Marchildon
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
ISBN: 1487521545
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 270
Book Description
Looking at Canada, Brazil, Germany, Mexico, Nigeria, Pakistan, South Africa and Switzerland, Federalism and Decentralization in Health Care examines the overall organization of the health system.
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
ISBN: 1487521545
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 270
Book Description
Looking at Canada, Brazil, Germany, Mexico, Nigeria, Pakistan, South Africa and Switzerland, Federalism and Decentralization in Health Care examines the overall organization of the health system.
The Health Sector in Ghana
Author: Karima Saleh
Publisher: World Bank Publications
ISBN: 0821396005
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 241
Book Description
This volume analyzes Ghana s health system performance and highlights the range of policy options needed to improve health system performance and health outcomes.
Publisher: World Bank Publications
ISBN: 0821396005
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 241
Book Description
This volume analyzes Ghana s health system performance and highlights the range of policy options needed to improve health system performance and health outcomes.
Decentralization and Governance in the Ghana Health Sector
Author: Bernard F Couttolenc
Publisher: World Bank Publications
ISBN: 0821395890
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 127
Book Description
In recent years, many countries, both developed and developing, have engaged in a process of decentralization of health service delivery and/or other functions of the health system. In most cases, decentralization has been adopted to improve accountability to local population, efficiency in service provision, equity in access and resource distribution, or to increase resource mobilization. Ghana has a long history of local government, going back to pre-independence times of the nineteenth century. By 1859 Municipal Councils were established in the major coastal towns of the then Gold Coast. Native Authorities, Councils and Courts were also established to administer law and order under the indirect authority of the colonial government; the limitations of this system was repeatedly put forward in the 1930s and 1940s, and reforms were introduced in 1951 by the Local Government Ordinance (Ahwoi 2010). The government has embarked in a decentralization policy since independence, which was strengthened and amplified by the local government act of 1993 and other legislations. At the present the Government of Ghana (GOG) is committed to strengthen the implementation of decentralization and for that purpose revise and strengthen the policy and regulatory framework governing decentralization. In spite of this long history and successive waves of decentralization reforms, effective decentralization in the country still faces considerable challenges, especially in large social sectors involving large structures. The public health sector is one that has not fully embraced the decentralization model adopted by the GOG, decentralization by devolution to the districts, for a number of reasons that will be discussed in this report. Some functions and responsibilities have been decentralized, but others remain centralized or simply deconcentrated.
Publisher: World Bank Publications
ISBN: 0821395890
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 127
Book Description
In recent years, many countries, both developed and developing, have engaged in a process of decentralization of health service delivery and/or other functions of the health system. In most cases, decentralization has been adopted to improve accountability to local population, efficiency in service provision, equity in access and resource distribution, or to increase resource mobilization. Ghana has a long history of local government, going back to pre-independence times of the nineteenth century. By 1859 Municipal Councils were established in the major coastal towns of the then Gold Coast. Native Authorities, Councils and Courts were also established to administer law and order under the indirect authority of the colonial government; the limitations of this system was repeatedly put forward in the 1930s and 1940s, and reforms were introduced in 1951 by the Local Government Ordinance (Ahwoi 2010). The government has embarked in a decentralization policy since independence, which was strengthened and amplified by the local government act of 1993 and other legislations. At the present the Government of Ghana (GOG) is committed to strengthen the implementation of decentralization and for that purpose revise and strengthen the policy and regulatory framework governing decentralization. In spite of this long history and successive waves of decentralization reforms, effective decentralization in the country still faces considerable challenges, especially in large social sectors involving large structures. The public health sector is one that has not fully embraced the decentralization model adopted by the GOG, decentralization by devolution to the districts, for a number of reasons that will be discussed in this report. Some functions and responsibilities have been decentralized, but others remain centralized or simply deconcentrated.
Health System Decentralization
Author: Anne Mills
Publisher:
ISBN: 9789241561372
Category : Decentralization in government
Languages : en
Pages : 151
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9789241561372
Category : Decentralization in government
Languages : en
Pages : 151
Book Description
Health Financing in Ghana
Author: George Schieber
Publisher: World Bank Publications
ISBN: 082139567X
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
This volume analyzes Ghana s National Health Insurance Scheme and highlights the range of policy options needed to assure its financially sustainable transition to universal coverage.
Publisher: World Bank Publications
ISBN: 082139567X
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
This volume analyzes Ghana s National Health Insurance Scheme and highlights the range of policy options needed to assure its financially sustainable transition to universal coverage.
Health Sector, State and Decentralised Institutions in India
Author: Shailender Kumar Hooda
Publisher: Routledge India
ISBN: 9781032108438
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 254
Book Description
"This book describes the transition in Indian healthcare system since independence and contributes to the ongoing debate within development and institutional economics on the approaches towards reform in the public health system. The institutional reform perspective focuses on examining the effective utilisation of allotted resources and improvements in delivery through decentralisation in governance by ensuring higher participation of elected governments and local communities in politics, policymaking and delivery of health services. It discusses the economic (resource) reforms to explain the relevance and expansion of state interventionism along with its influence on the health sector, accountability and allocative efficiency. The author also explores the connections between neoliberal thought and privatisation in health sector, and examines the greater role of insurance-based financing and their implications for health service access and delivery. The book offers ways to address long-standing systemic and structural problems that confront the Indian healthcare system. Based on large-scale surveys and diverse empirical data on the Indian economy, this book will be of great interest to researchers, students and teachers of health economics, governance and institutional economics, political economy, sociology, public policy, regional studies and development studies. This will be useful to policymakers, health economists, social scientists, public health experts and professionals, and government and nongovernment institutions"--
Publisher: Routledge India
ISBN: 9781032108438
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 254
Book Description
"This book describes the transition in Indian healthcare system since independence and contributes to the ongoing debate within development and institutional economics on the approaches towards reform in the public health system. The institutional reform perspective focuses on examining the effective utilisation of allotted resources and improvements in delivery through decentralisation in governance by ensuring higher participation of elected governments and local communities in politics, policymaking and delivery of health services. It discusses the economic (resource) reforms to explain the relevance and expansion of state interventionism along with its influence on the health sector, accountability and allocative efficiency. The author also explores the connections between neoliberal thought and privatisation in health sector, and examines the greater role of insurance-based financing and their implications for health service access and delivery. The book offers ways to address long-standing systemic and structural problems that confront the Indian healthcare system. Based on large-scale surveys and diverse empirical data on the Indian economy, this book will be of great interest to researchers, students and teachers of health economics, governance and institutional economics, political economy, sociology, public policy, regional studies and development studies. This will be useful to policymakers, health economists, social scientists, public health experts and professionals, and government and nongovernment institutions"--
Ghanaian Decentralization
Author: Carleene Hope Dei
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Central-local government relations
Languages : en
Pages : 44
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Central-local government relations
Languages : en
Pages : 44
Book Description
Is Decentralization Good for Development?
Author: Jean-Paul Faguet
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0198737505
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
Is decentralisation good for development? This book explains when the answer is 'Yes' and when it is 'No'. It shows how decentralisation can be designed to drive development forward, and focuses on the institutional incentives that can strengthen democracy, boost economies, and improve public sector performance.
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0198737505
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
Is decentralisation good for development? This book explains when the answer is 'Yes' and when it is 'No'. It shows how decentralisation can be designed to drive development forward, and focuses on the institutional incentives that can strengthen democracy, boost economies, and improve public sector performance.