LEADER 03128nam 2200649Ia 450 001 9910450169103321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-280-51626-7 010 $a9786610516261 010 $a0-8213-6572-X 035 $a(CKB)1000000000225250 035 $a(EBL)459332 035 $a(OCoLC)70707215 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000085570 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11125819 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000085570 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10014029 035 $a(PQKB)10098233 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC459332 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL459332 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10132038 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL51626 035 $a(OCoLC)744968461 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000225250 100 $a20060403d2006 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aBeyond survival$b[electronic resource] $eprotecting households from health shocks /$fCristian Baeza, Truman G. Packard, Fernando Montenegro-Torres 210 $aWashington, DC $cWorld Bank$d2006 215 $a1 online resource (196 p.) 225 1 $aLatin America development forum 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8213-6571-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $aContents; 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; BOXES 327 $a6 THE QUEST FOR EFFICIENCY AND UNIVERSAL COVERAGE: HEALTH SECTOR REFORM IN LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN REFERENCES; INDEX 330 $aBeyond Survival breaks new ground in the ongoing debate about health finance and financial protection from the costs of health care. The evidence and discussion support the need to consider financial protection, in addition to health status, as a policy objective when setting priorities for health systems. This book reviews the Latin American experience with health reform in the last 20 years and the fundamentals of health system financing, using new evidence to show the magnitude and mechanisms that determine the impoverishing effects of health events (diseases, accidents, and those of the li 410 0$aLatin American development forum. 606 $aMedical care, Cost of 606 $aMedical policy 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aMedical care, Cost of. 615 0$aMedical policy. 676 $a362.1 700 $aBaeza$b Cristia?n$0920007 701 $aPackard$b Truman$0908412 701 $aMontenegro Torres$b Fernando$0920008 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910450169103321 996 $aBeyond survival$92063655 997 $aUNINA