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Record Nr.

UNINA9910819679503321

Autore

Baeza Cristian

Titolo

Beyond survival : protecting households from health shocks / / Cristian Baeza, Truman G. Packard, Fernando Montenegro-Torres

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, DC, : World Bank, 2006

ISBN

1-280-51626-7

9786610516261

0-8213-6572-X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

xxii, 170 pages : illustrations ; ; 23 cm

Collana

Latin America development forum

Altri autori (Persone)

PackardTruman

Montenegro TorresFernando

Disciplina

362.1

Soggetti

Medical care, Cost of

Medical policy

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.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; About the Authors; Abbreviations; EXECUTIVE SUMMARY; FIGURES; 1 HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS IN LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN: FUNCTIONS AND ORGANIZATION; TABLES; 2 HEALTH SHOCKS, HOUSEHOLD WELFARE, AND THE RISK OF POVERTY; 3 PUBLIC POLICY'S ROLE IN HOUSEHOLD PERCEPTION, PREPARATION, AND PROTECTION AGAINST HEALTH SHOCKS; 4 THE ROLE OF ALTERNATIVE RISK-POOLING ARRANGEMENTS; 5 RISK POOLING FOR EVERYONE: THE CHALLENGES POSED BY A GROWING INFORMAL ECONOMY; BOXES

6 THE QUEST FOR EFFICIENCY AND UNIVERSAL COVERAGE: HEALTH SECTOR REFORM IN LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN REFERENCES; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

Beyond Survival breaks new ground in the ongoing debate about health finance and financial protection from the costs of health care. The evidence and discussion support the need to consider financial protection, in addition to health status, as a policy objective when setting priorities for health systems. This book reviews the Latin American experience with health reform in the last 20 years and the fundamentals of health system financing, using new evidence to show



the magnitude and mechanisms that determine the impoverishing effects of health events (diseases, accidents, and those of the li