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Index 421 INDEX A Accident Compensation Commission, 138 accountability, 32–33 adolescent pregnancies, 156 Alma Ata conference, 251 ALS (average length of stay), 273–74 ANC (ante-natal care), 79–81, 85 Angkor Hospital for Children, 356 Angkor Wat, 355–56 Annear, Peter, 104 annual operating plan, 165–66 Aravind Eye Hospital, 180 Asia Pacific Observatory on Health Systems and Policies, 15 Asia, population, 6 Asian Development Bank, 15, 50, 357, 390 ASL8, 334, 339, 343 organizational goals, 340–42 “asset specificity”, 108 Association of Family Health, 171 AusAID, 189 avoidable mortality, 35 B Bangladesh health voucher scheme, 80–84, 94 infant mortality rate, 78 Ministry of Finance, 95 Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MOHFW), 78, 80–81, 85 Basic Health Units, 155, 157–58, 180 bed census survey, 413–19 bed net scheme, 92 “Better Health Services”, 387, 405, 414 block contract, 115 “blood/bleeding fever”, 358–59 bonus schemes, 158–61 bonus system, 331 BOR (bed occupation rate), 273–74, 276, 283, 285, 289, 293, 302 Brazil health programmes, see under Curitiba, Brazil Brazilian Association of Graduates in Collective Health, 171 British Association of Medical Managers, 309 British Medical Journal, 309 British Medical Journal Evidence Centre, 23 BTC (Belgium Technical Cooperation), 50–51, 405, 414 C CAAFW (Cambodian Association for Assistance to Families and Widows), 367–68 17 Improving Health Index 8/24/11, 4:29 PM 421 422 Index Cambodia contracting experience, 49–51 cultural values, 361 GDP, 136 health care expenditure, 366 health protection scheme, 146 health service system, overview, 202–204, 265–66 health system, 48–49, 56, 61, 356, 389 Ministry of Economy and Finance, 56 Ministry of Health (MOH), 46, 48– 51, 54–58, 61, 65, 102–103, 128, 203–206, 208, 232, 243, 269, 278, 283, 285–86, 291, 302, 353, 360, 389, 410 Ministry of Labour, 106, 129 Ministry of Social Affairs, 105, 129 population, 136 social health insurance, 103–106, see also SHI see also Siem Reap Cambodia National Ethics Committee for Health Research, 369 Cambodian Demographic and Health Survey, 353 Cambodian Socio-Economic Survey, see CSES Canadian Physician Management Institute, 312–13, 316 see also PMI CanMEDS, 308 capital efficiency measures, 273–76 capitation system, 18, 115–16, 120, 127–28, 145, 153, 336 “catastrophic health expenditure”, 410 CBHI (community-based health insurance), 104, 365–67 communication about, 379–80 enrolment, 375–76, 380–81 impact of, 377–78 informants, 374–75 knowledge about, 371–73 methods of assessment, 368–70 perception of, 373 Centre for Hope Hospital, 204 Chartered Institute of Personnel Development, 318 CHEs (Crown Health Enterprises), 138 Cheychumneah Hospital, 271 Chhlong Referral Hospital, 407 clinical directorate model, 308 civil servants health care careers, and, 156–61 social security systems, and, 105, 130–31 Civil Servants Welfare Benefits, 119– 20 “clinical autonomy”, 27, 33 clinical practice, variations in, 24–25 Cochrane Collaboration, 27 Cochrane Effective Practice, 311 coining, treatment, 356, 360 Colombia health care delivery, 118–19, 125 command-and-control theory, 124 community health agents, 154, 180 “community of practice”, 171 “competences model”, 338 competition, promotion of, 113 computerized patient record, 164 “concentrated service”, 121 Confucius, 31 conjoint analysis, 212 “contestable markets”, 110 contract, and performance, 173–75 “contract of service”, 103 contracting, principles of, 46–48 contracts, and trust, 32 contractual provider scheme, see PTT 17 Improving Health Index 8/24/11, 4:29 PM 422 [3.146.152.99] Project MUSE (2024-04-26 10:53 GMT) Index 423 “contractualism”, 109, 124 Council of Ministers, 55–56 CPA (Complementary Package of Activities), 52, 67, 70, 202–203, 285, 288, 291 Crown Health Enterprises, 138 CQUIN (commissioning for quality and innovation), 37–38 CSES (Cambodian Socio-Economic Survey), 409–10, 413, 417 Curitiba, Brazil city government, 172 civil servants, and careers, 156–61 health care model, 153 health care philosophy, 154–55 health care reform movement, 152, 171 health ranking, 156 management practice, 165–68 national health care policy, 169 population, 151 primary health care in, 152–79 unified health system, 152–53 D Dartmouth Medical School, 25 data collection and analysis, 221 DCE (discrete choice experiment), 212–14, 216–17, 219–20, 222, 232, 236, 243 demand-side financing, see DSF Deming, W. Edwards, 34 dengue, 354 syncretic knowledge of, 357–59 therapeutic responses, 359–61 dengue haemorrhagic fever (DHF), 392, 398 Department for International Development (DfID), 49–50 DHBs (district health boards), 139, 143, 145 “diagnosis by treatment”, 362 diagnosis-related groups (DRGs), 35, 342 direct performance incentives, 176–79 Directly Observed...

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