Getting Health Reform Right, Anniversary Edition

Marc J. Roberts (1943-2014) was Professor of Political Economy and Health Policy, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. William C. Hsiao is K.T. Li Research Professor of Economics, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.Peter Berman is Professor and Director, School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia.Michael R. Reich is Taro Takemi Research Professor of International Health Policy, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.

• Introduction Part I: Health System Analysis 1. Introduction2. Health-Reform Cycle3. Judging Health-Sector Performance: Ethical Theory4. Political Analysis and Strategies5. Goals for Evaluating Health Systems6. Assessing Health-System Performance7. From Diagnosis to Health-Sector Reform Part II: The Control Knobs 8. Financing9. Payment10. Organization11. Regulation12. Behavior13. Conclusions Index

Has become the mainstay of health-system reform conversations among policymakers in India. Its unique and accessible framing, which goes beyond abstract ideas, has resonated strongly in debates over how to improve health system performance." -Nachiket Mor, former Director, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, India