title: Strategic purchasing to improve health system performance: key issues and international trends.
authors.affiliation: Department of Health Care Management, Berlin University of Technology.
authors.forename: Reinhard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Busse
authors.forename: Josep
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Figueras
authors.forename: Ray
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Robinson
authors.forename: Elke
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Jakubowski
mesh_terms: D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000191:economics* / Q000592:standards; D005376:Financial Management / Q000379:methods*; D006291:Health Policy; D006295:Health Resources; D006801:Humans; D020380:Needs Assessment