Efficient Government Health Spending
What the chapter is about
This chapter deals with how Governments spend money on health care. It considers efficiency of spending, creating fiscal space for health, improving public sector management and decentralising healthcare
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The case studies from this chapter are from:
- Belgium
- Cambodia
- Singapore
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