Social Health Insurance (SHI) is one of the vehicles in achieving Universal Health Coverage. However, in many low- and middle-income countries, implementation of SHI failed to provide efficient and effective coverage due to poor provider payment method. Indonesia has introduced social health insurance in 2014. With the population of more than 270 million, Indonesia is the biggest country in the world that implemented SHI with casemix system (INA-CBG) as the prospective provider payment method. In this book, we presented an outcome of a study implemented in the largest hospital in Jakarta, Indonesia that compared the impact of using casemix system as provider payment method with fee-for-service. A total 32,227 outpatients and 8,270 inpatients medical records were reviewed and included in the study. In addition, a survey was also conducted among billing administrators to assess the cost of the billing process and their perceptions on the two reimbursement methods. The total hospital charges, length of stay of inpatients, rate of unnecessary admissions and cost of billing process were among the indicators of efficiency compared in the study between the two provider payment methods. The book provides comprehensive evidence to confirm the advantages of casemix system as an efficient provider payment method in SHI programme.

Health spending continues to grow faster than the economy in most OECD countries. In 2010, the OECD published a study of strategies to increase value for money in health care, in which pay for performance (P4P) was identified as an innovative tool to improve health system efficiency in several OECD countries. However, evidence that P4P increases value for money, boosts quality of processes in health care, or improves health outcomes is limited.This book explores the many questions surrounding P4P such as whether the potential power of P4P has been over-sold, or whether the disappointing results to date are more likely rooted in problems of design and implementation or inadequate monitoring and evaluation. The book also examines the supporting systems and process, in addition to incentives, that are necessary for P4P to improve provider performance and to drive and sustain improvement. The book utilises a substantial set of case studies from 12 OECD countries to shed light on P4P programs in practice.Featuring both high and middle income countries, cases from primary and acute care settings, and a range of both national and pilot programmes, each case study features: Analysis of the design and implementationdecisions, including the role of stakeholders Critical assessment of objectives versus results Examination of the of 'net' impacts, includingpositive spillover effects and unintended consequences The detailed analysis of these 12 case studies together with the rest of this critical text highlight the realities of P4P programs and their potential impact on the performance of health systems in a diversity of settings. As a result, this book provides critical insights into the experience to date with P4P and how this tool may be better leveraged to improve health system performance and accountability. This title is in the European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies Series.

Hospitals receive the lion's share of resources in developing countries although other types of care are more cost effective. This study shows how hospital waste can be cut, improvements in managerial and technical efficiency, and involvement of hospitals in the policy dialog regarding use of resources can yield great benefits. Published for the World Bank. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

This publication discusses both theoretical and practical approaches to health care quality. It considers the process of health care quality from the conception of an idea to its introduction and implementation, as well as in terms of planning, setting standards and monitoring areas for quality improvement. It includes case studies from Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Malaysia and Indonesia.