03259nam 2200685Ia 450 991081967950332120200520144314.01-280-51626-797866105162610-8213-6572-X10.1596/978-0-8213-6571-7(CKB)1000000000225250(EBL)459332(OCoLC)70707215(SSID)ssj0000085570(PQKBManifestationID)11125819(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000085570(PQKBWorkID)10014029(PQKB)10098233(MiAaPQ)EBC459332(Au-PeEL)EBL459332(CaPaEBR)ebr10132038(CaONFJC)MIL51626(OCoLC)744968461(The World Bank)2006045250(US-djbf)14327044(EXLCZ)99100000000022525020060403d2006 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierBeyond survival protecting households from health shocks /Cristian Baeza, Truman G. Packard, Fernando Montenegro-Torres1st ed.Washington, DC World Bank2006xxii, 170 pages illustrations ;23 cmLatin America development forumDescription based upon print version of record.0-8213-6571-1 Includes bibliographical references.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; BOXES6 THE QUEST FOR EFFICIENCY AND UNIVERSAL COVERAGE: HEALTH SECTOR REFORM IN LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN REFERENCES; INDEXBeyond 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 liLatin American development forum.Medical care, Cost ofMedical policyMedical care, Cost of.Medical policy.362.1Baeza Cristian1719835Packard Truman1105144Montenegro Torres Fernando1719836MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910819679503321Beyond survival4118017UNINA