TY - GEN AU - Gottret, Pablo E., AU - Schieber, George TI - Health financing revisited: a practitioner's guide SN - 0821365851 PY - 2006/// CY - Washington, DC PB - World Bank KW - Health Care Costs KW - Health Expenditures KW - Delivery of Health Care KW - economics N1 - Health transitions, disease burdens, and health expenditure patterns --; Collecting revenue, pooling risk, and purchasing services --; Risk pooling mechanisms --; External assistance for health --; Improving health outcomes --; Increasing the efficiency of government spending --; Financing health in low-income countries --; Financing health in middle-income countries --; Financing health in high-income countries; Also available online ER -