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Autore |
Quaye Randolph |
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Titolo |
Balancing public and private health care systems [[electronic resource] ] : the Sub-saharan African experience / / Randolph Quaye |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Lanham, MD, : University Press of America, 2010 |
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ISBN |
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1-282-48006-5 |
9786612480065 |
0-7618-4931-9 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (83 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Medical care - Africa, Sub-Saharan |
Medical economics - Africa, Sub-Saharan |
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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 (p. 65-67) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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 |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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. |
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