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Record Nr.

UNINA9910456745003321

Autore

Quaye Randolph

Titolo

Balancing public and private health care systems [[electronic resource] ] : the Sub-saharan African experience / / Randolph Quaye

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, MD, : University Press of America, 2010

ISBN

1-282-48006-5

9786612480065

0-7618-4931-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (83 p.)

Disciplina

362

362.1096

Soggetti

Medical care - Africa, Sub-Saharan

Medical economics - Africa, Sub-Saharan

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 65-67) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface; Introduction; Ch01. Crisis and Change in African Health Care Financing Systems; Ch02. Market Reforms in Health Careand the Role of the State; Ch03. User Fees: A Special Issue forHealth Care Delivery in Africa; Ch04. Health Care Financing in Uganda:The Role of Social Health Insurance; Ch05. Balancing Public and PrivateHealth Care in Tanzania; Ch06. Health Care Financingin Ghana: Role of the NationalHealth Insurance Scheme; Ch07. The Role of Community HealthFunding in Health Care Access inAfrica: Lessons from Tanzania

Ch08. Health Care Financing Strategies:Lessons from AbroadReferences; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book explores financing arrangements in Ghana, Tanzania, and Uganda, introducing scholarship on post-colonial healthcare strategies in Africa during a decade of market-oriented healthcare reform. The author uses current research and case studies on African healthcare systems to analyze implications of various strategies for the future of African healthcare financing.