The world health report 2000 - Health systems: improving performance

This report examines and compares aspects of health systems around the world. It provides conceptual insights into the complex factors that explain how health systems perform, and offers practical advice on how to assess performance and achieve improvements with available resources.

- World health report 2000 press kit

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- Full report [pdf 1686kb]

- Director General's Message [pdf 609kb]

- Chapter 1: Why do health systems matter? [pdf 157kb]

- Chapter 2: How well do health systems perform? [pdf 217kb]

- Chapter 3: Health services: well chosen, well organized? [pdf 184kb]

- Chapter 4: What resources are needed? [pdf 180kb]

- Chapter 5: Who pays health systems? [pdf 184kb]

- Chapter 6: How is the public interest protected? [pdf 186kb]

- Annexe statistique [pdf 370kb]

- Full report [pdf 41292kb]

- Director General's Message [pdf 3032kb]

- Chapter 1: Why do health systems matter? [pdf 3523kb]

- Chapter 2: How well do health systems perform? [pdf 4912kb]

- Chapter 3: Health services: well chosen, well organized? [pdf 4071kb]

- Chapter 4: What resources are needed? [pdf 4182kb]

- Chapter 5: Who pays health systems? [pdf 4301kb]

- Chapter 6: How is the public interest protected? [pdf 5864kb]

- Annexe statistique [pdf 11720kb]

- Full report [pdf 48876kb]

- Director General's Message [pdf 4043kb]

- Chapter 1: Why do health systems matter? [pdf 4717kb]

- Chapter 2: How well do health systems perform? [pdf 6559kb]

- Chapter 3: Health services: well chosen, well organized? [pdf 5389kb]

- Chapter 4: What resources are needed? [pdf 5136kb]

- Chapter 5: Who pays health systems? [pdf 5248kb]

- Chapter 6: How is the public interest protected? [pdf 7604kb]

- Annexe statistique [pdf 10508kb]

- Full report [pdf 92462kb]

- Director General's Message [pdf 1133kb]

- Chapter 1: Why do health systems matter? [pdf 7636kb]

- Chapter 2: How well do health systems perform? [pdf 11180kb]

- Chapter 3: Health services: well chosen, well organized? [pdf 10914kb]

- Chapter 4: What resources are needed? [pdf 8917kb]

- Chapter 5: Who pays health systems? [pdf 11271kb]

- Chapter 6: How is the public interest protected? [pdf 11517kb]

- Annexe statistique [pdf 26539kb]

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