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UNINA9910777886803321 |
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Titolo |
Private voluntary health insurance in development : : friend or foe? / / editors, Alexander S. Preker, Richard M. Scheffler, and Mark C. Bassett |
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Washington, D.C. : , : World Bank, , c2007 |
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ISBN |
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1-280-72555-9 |
9786610725557 |
0-8213-6620-3 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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xxvii, 424 pages : illustrations ; ; 26 cm |
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Collana |
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Health, nutrition and population series |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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PrekerAlexander S. <1951-> |
SchefflerRichard M |
BassettMark C. <1957-> |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Health insurance - Developing countries |
Medical care - Developing countries |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations and Acronyms; 1. The Evolution of Health Insurance in Developing Countries; FIGURES; TABLES; PART 1 ECONOMIC UNDERPINNINGS; PART 2 EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE; PART 3 FROM THEORY TO PRACTICE; BOXES; Appendix: Review of the Literature on Voluntary Private Health Insurance; About the Coeditors and Contributors; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Private voluntary health insurance already plays an important role in the health sector of many low and middle income countries. The book reviews the context under which private insurance could contribute to an improvement in the financial sustainability of the health sector, financial protection against the costs of illness, household income smoothing, access to care, and market productivity. This volume is the third in a series of in-depth reviews of the role of health care financing in providing access for low-income populations to needed halthcare, protecting them from the impoverishing ef |
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