06844oam 22014534 450 991096985090332120250426110037.097866128428259781462326518146232651X97814527904351452790434978145187208814518720899781282842823128284282X(CKB)3170000000055222(EBL)1608221(SSID)ssj0000939963(PQKBManifestationID)11592410(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000939963(PQKBWorkID)10948120(PQKB)10240813(OCoLC)467298260(MiAaPQ)EBC1608221(IMF)WPIEE2009061(IMF)WPIEA2009061WPIEA2009061(EXLCZ)99317000000005522220020129d2009 uf 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrUniversal Health Care 101 : Lessons for the Eastern Caribbean and Beyond /Evridiki Tsounta1st ed.Washington, D.C. :International Monetary Fund,2009.1 online resource (37 p.)IMF Working PapersDescription based upon print version of record.9781451916430 1451916434 Includes bibliographical references.Contents; I. Introduction; II. What are the Available Financing Options for Universal Health Care?; III. The Challenges of Population Aging and the Epidemiological Transition; IV. What Would Be the Optimal Tax: General Taxation Versus Mandatory Payroll/ Social Security Contributions?; V. Providing Universal Coverage: A Single Provider or Numerous Providers?; Boxes; 1. National Health Insurance in Taiwan Province of China (POC); VI. Designing the Benefit Package; 2. The Targeting of Health Services to the Poor: An International PerspectiveVII. Preconditions for Successfully Implementing Health Care Reforms3. The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE); 4. Examples of Planning and Gradually Extending Universal Health Care: Republic of Korea and Taiwan Province of China; VIII. Conclusions; References; Tables; 1. Selected Countries with Universal Health Care; 2. Selected Caribbean Countries Planning Universal Health Care Coverage; 3. ECCU: Official Development Assistance for Health, 1973-2005; Figures; 1. ECCU: Long-Term Health Care Costs, 2005-35; 2. ECCU: Diabetes Prevalence by Age Group, 2000-303. ECCU: Cost of Treating Diabetes, 2000-30Appendices; I. Proposed Universal Health Care System in St. Lucia; II. Projecting Long-term Health Care Costs Due to Population Aging; III. Estimating Age-adjusted Health SpendingDespite the increasing interest in universal health care, little is known about the optimal way to finance, design, and implement it. This paper attempts to fill this gap by providing some general policy recommendations on this important issue. While most of the paper addresses the Eastern Caribbean Currency Union (ECCU) countries, its policy implications are applicable to any country. The paper finds that the best financing option is country-specific depending on a country’s economic, cultural, institutional, demographic and epidemiological characteristics, as well as political economy considerations. However, taxation should be the primary financing source. It also concludes that an appropriate and realistic benefit package would need to be designed to ensure the system’s financial viability. Regarding the optimal way to implement universal health care, certain preconditions are needed, including sound public administration, a small informal economy, and a transparent health financing system that builds social consensus.IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ;No. 2009/061Medical economicsMedical care, Cost ofAgingimfAnalysis of Health Care MarketsimfDemographyimfEconomics of the ElderlyimfEconomics of the HandicappedimfExpenditureimfExpenditures, PublicimfHealth care spendingimfHealth careimfHealth economicsimfHealth PolicyimfHealth systems & servicesimfHealthimfHealth: GeneralimfHealth: Government PolicyimfMedical careimfNational Government Expenditures and HealthimfNon-labor Market DiscriminationimfPersonal Income and Other Nonbusiness Taxes and SubsidiesimfPopulation & demographyimfPopulation agingimfPopulation and demographicsimfPublic finance & taxationimfPublic FinanceimfPublic HealthimfRegulationimfSocial security contributionsimfSocial securityimfTaxationimfTaxesimfWelfare & benefit systemsimfTaiwan Province of ChinaimfMedical economics.Medical care, Cost of.AgingAnalysis of Health Care MarketsDemographyEconomics of the ElderlyEconomics of the HandicappedExpenditureExpenditures, PublicHealth care spendingHealth careHealth economicsHealth PolicyHealth systems & servicesHealthHealth: GeneralHealth: Government PolicyMedical careNational Government Expenditures and HealthNon-labor Market DiscriminationPersonal Income and Other Nonbusiness Taxes and SubsidiesPopulation & demographyPopulation agingPopulation and demographicsPublic finance & taxationPublic FinancePublic HealthRegulationSocial security contributionsSocial securityTaxationTaxesWelfare & benefit systems332.1Tsounta Evridiki1815939International Monetary Fund.DcWaIMFBOOK9910969850903321Universal Health Care 1014372552UNINA