03176oam 22007215 450 991077788680332120200520144314.01-280-72555-997866107255570-8213-6620-310.1596/978-0-8213-6619-6(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(The World Bank)ocm70167819(US-djbf)14409930(EXLCZ)99100000000046956920060612d2007 uf 0engurcn|||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierPrivate voluntary health insurance in development : friend or foe? /editors, Alexander S. Preker, Richard M. Scheffler, and Mark C. BassettWashington, D.C. :World Bank,c2007.xxvii, 424 pages illustrations ;26 cmHealth, 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 efWorld Bank e-Library.Health insuranceDeveloping countriesMedical careDeveloping countriesHealth insuranceMedical care368.38/20091724Preker Alexander S.1951-1462510Scheffler Richard M1104741Bassett Mark C.1957-1541153DLCDLCBAKERBTCTAC#PYDXYDXCPCOODLCBOOK9910777886803321Private voluntary health insurance in development3793175UNINA