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Record Nr.

UNINA9910828063803321

Autore

Langenbrunner Jack

Titolo

Financing health care in East Asia and the Pacific : : best practices and remaining challenges / / John C. Langenbrunner, Aparnaa Somanathan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C. : , : World Bank, , c2011

ISBN

0-8213-8736-7

Descrizione fisica

xiii, 328 pages ; : illustrations ; ; 23 cm

Collana

Directions in development. Human development

Altri autori (Persone)

SomanathanAparnaa

Disciplina

338.4/73621095

Soggetti

Medical economics - East Asia

Medical care, Cost of - East Asia

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Why this health financing note -- Background and overview of the East Asia and Pacific Region and the health sectors -- Importance of investing in health and a framework for managing and using funds in the sector -- Mobilization of revenues for health -- Pooling and management of funds -- Resource allocation and purchasing (RAP) -- Connecting financing and delivery of services : institutional and organizational characteristics in EAP countries -- Assessing performance in EAP : efficiency and equity of health financing.

Sommario/riassunto

The East Asia and Pacific region is characterized by wide variations in sources of healthcarefinancing, pooling of funds, purchasing of care services, and the extent to which thesepolicy instruments and programs provide social protection. Existing healthcare financingsystems in the region are under increasing pressure from a continued prevalence ofcommunicable diseases, an emergence of non communicable diseases, and a rapidlyaging population.Large inequalities between the poor and the prosperous in their access to healthcarefinancing mechanisms can be reformed and strengthened to improve outco