Service delivery configurations Incentives CHAPTER 4 WHAT RESOURCES ARE NEEDED? Balancing the mix of resources 75 Human resources are vital 81 Public and private production of resources The legacy of past Health care resource profiles 85 The way forward CHAPTER S WHO PAYS FOR HEALTH SYSTEMS? How financing work Prepayment and collection preading risk and subsidizing the poor: pooling of resources rategic purchasing anizational forms Incentives 110 How financing affects equity and efficiency 113 CHAPTER 6 HOW IS THE PUBLIC INTEREST PROTECTED? 117 Governments as stewards of health resources What is ewa Health policy-vision for the future Setting the rules, ensuring compliance Exercising intelligence, sharing knowledge Strategies, roles and resources: who should do what? What are the challenges? STATISTICAL ANNEX 143 144 Annex Table 1 Health system attainment and performance in all Member States, ranked by eight measures, estimates for 1997 Annex Table 2 basic indicators for all Member States Annex Table 3 Deaths by cause, sex and mortality stratum in WHO Region estimates for 1999iv The World Health Report 2000 Service delivery configurations 63 Aligning incentives 64 Integration of provision 68 CHAPTER 4 WHAT RESOURCES ARE NEEDED? 73 Balancing the mix of resources 75 Human resources are vital 77 Adjusting to advances in knowledge and technology 81 Public and private production of resources 82 The legacy of past investments 84 Health care resource profiles 85 Changing investment patterns 88 The way forward 90 CHAPTER 5 WHO PAYS FOR HEALTH SYSTEMS? 93 How financing works 95 Prepayment and collection 97 Spreading risk and subsidizing the poor: pooling of resources 99 Strategic purchasing 104 Organizational forms 108 Incentives 110 How financing affects equity and efficiency 113 CHAPTER 6 HOW IS THE PUBLIC INTEREST PROTECTED? 117 Governments as stewards of health resources 119 What is wrong with stewardship today? 120 Health policy – vision for the future 122 Setting the rules, ensuring compliance 124 Exercising intelligence, sharing knowledge 129 Strategies, roles and resources: who should do what? 132 What are the challenges? 135 How to improve performance 137 STATISTICAL ANNEX 143 Explanatory notes 144 Annex Table 1 Health system attainment and performance in all Member States, ranked by eight measures, estimates for 1997 152 Annex Table 2 Basic indicators for all Member States 156 Annex Table 3 Deaths by cause, sex and mortality stratum in WHO Regions, estimates for 1999 164