& Human Development Department, Latin America and the Caribbean
Region
invite you to a launch of a recent World Bank publication followed
by a wine and cheese reception
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| (Embedded image | Hospitals are at the center of the |
| moved to file: | health care universe in Brazil and are |
| pic02963.jpg) | critical to the health of many |
| | Brazilians. Hospitals are just as |
| Tuesday, May 27 | critical to the health of the |
| 3:00 - 5:00pm | government?s budget, absorbing nearly |
| World Bank J | 70 percent of public spending on |
| Building | health, and are thus at the forefront |
| Auditorium J1-050 | of policy discussions. Why hospitals |
| | are important is easy to understand. |
| For non Bank | What makes hospitals deliver quality |
| staff, please RSVP | care efficiently?or not?is much harder |
| to | to grasp. |
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| ldbank.org | Drawing on an eclectic array of |
| | research and evaluative studies |
| | selected from a mix of sources, |
| | Hospital Performance in Brazil: The |
| | Search for Excellence, analyzes |
| | Brazilian hospital performance along |
| | several policy dimensions, including |
| | resource allocation and use, payment |
| | mechanisms, organizational and |
| | governance arrangements, management |
| | practices, and regulation and quality. |
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| | Although a few Brazilian hospitals are |
| | world-class centers of excellence, many |
| | hospitals, including those who serve |
| | Brazil?s poorest, are low performers. |
| | Yet the Brazilian hospital system is |
| | both dynamic and pluralistic, and |
| | herein lies its strengths. As is shown |
| | throughout the book, Brazil does not |
| | lack approaches, ideas, innovations, |
| | and initiatives for addressing the |
| | shortcomings of underperforming |
| | facilities. The foundations for change |
| | aimed at raising performance are |
| | present throughout the country?s |
| | hospital system. Building upon these |
| | foundations, an agenda for hospital |
| | reform is proposed that synthesizes |
| | policies and practices which are |
| | integral to improving hospital |
| | performance, and which should help |
| | policymakers and practitioners in their |
| | ?search for excellence.? |
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CHAIRED BY
Julian Schweitzer
Director, Health, Nutrition and Population Team, World Bank
PRESENTED BY AUTHOR
Jerry La Forgia
Lead Health Specialist, Human Development Department, Latin America and the
Caribbean Region
DISCUSSED BY
Maureen Lewis
Advisor, Office of Vice President, Human Development Network, World Bank
Mukesh Chawla
Sector Manager, Health, Nutrition and Population Team, World Bank
John Briscoe
Country Director, Brazil, World Bank
Robert Murray
Executive Director, Health Services Cost Review Commission, State of
Maryland
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