02952nam 2200625Ia 450 991045212530332120200520144314.01-280-72555-997866107255570-8213-6620-3(CKB)1000000000469569(EBL)459654(OCoLC)79879514(SSID)ssj0000088973(PQKBManifestationID)11998589(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000088973(PQKBWorkID)10084091(PQKB)10688083(MiAaPQ)EBC459654(Au-PeEL)EBL459654(CaPaEBR)ebr10155143(CaONFJC)MIL72555(EXLCZ)99100000000046956920060612d2006 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrPrivate voluntary health insurance in development[electronic resource] friend or foe /edited by Alexander S. Preker, Richard N. Scheffler, Mark C. BassettWashington, DC World Bank20061 online resource (460 p.)Health, nutrition and population seriesDescription based upon print version of record.0-8213-6619-X Includes bibliographical references and index.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; IndexPrivate 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 efHealth, nutrition, and population series.Health insuranceDeveloping countriesMedical careDeveloping countriesElectronic books.Health insuranceMedical care368.38/20091724Preker Alexander S.1951-916182Scheffler Richard M938145Bassett Mark C.1957-938146MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910452125303321Private voluntary health insurance in development2113431UNINA