Primary healthcare spending : striving for equity under fiscal federalism /
Okore Apia Okorafor.
- Cape Town, South Africa : Ottawa : UCT Press ; International Development Research Centre, 2010.
- 1 online resource (xii, 180 pages)
- desLibris. Books collection. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 158-172) and index.
Introduction -- Definitions and key concepts -- A conceptual framework -- The South African context -- Methods -- Equity in the distribution of PHC allocations in South Africa -- Process for PHC budgets and resource allocation in South AFrica from Nigeria -- Conclusions and recommendations.
Fiscal federalism is followed by Australia, India, Canada, and, Nigeria, as well as South Africa. This book explores the implications of a range of intergovernmental fiscal arrangements found in fiscal federal systems and how they impact on the equitable distribution of primary health care resources.
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