TY  - BOOK
AU  - Papanicolas,Irene
AU  - Smith,Peter
TI  - Health system Performance Comparison: an agenda for policy, information and research 
SN  - 9780335247264
PY  - 2013///
CY  - Maidenhead
PB  - Open University Press
KW  - Public health administration
KW  - Public health
KW  - Evaluation
KW  - MEDICAL
KW  - Administration
N1  - With softcover; Cont.: Foreword by Zsuzanna Jakab Foreword by Paola Testori Coggi Foreword by Mark Pearson 1: Introduction Irene Papanicolas and Peter C. Smith 2: International frameworks for health system comparison Irene Papanicolas 3: International comparisons of health systems Irene Papanicolas and Peter C. Smith 4: Benchmarking: lessons and implications for health systems Andy Neely 5: Comparing population health Marina Karanikolos, Bernadette Khoshaba, Ellen Nolte and Martin McKee 6: Comparing health services outcomes Niek Klazinga and Lilian Li 7: Conceptualizing and comparing equity across nations Cristina Hernandez-Quevedo and Irene Papanicolas 8: Measuring and comparing financial protection Rodrigo Moreno-Serra, Sarah Thomson and Ke Xu 9: Understanding satisfaction, responsiveness and experience with the health system Reinhard Busse 10: Comparative measures of health system efficiency Jonathan Cylus and Peter C. Smith 11: Commentary on international health system performance information Nick Fahy 12: Conclusions Irene Papanicolas and Peter C. Smith
N2  - International comparison of health system performance has become increasingly popular, made possible by the rapidly expanding availability of health data. This book offers an important summary of the developments in health system performance comparison. It concludes by presenting the key lessons and future priorities
ER  -