LEADER 02952nam 2200625Ia 450 001 9910452125303321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-280-72555-9 010 $a9786610725557 010 $a0-8213-6620-3 035 $a(CKB)1000000000469569 035 $a(EBL)459654 035 $a(OCoLC)79879514 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000088973 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11998589 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000088973 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10084091 035 $a(PQKB)10688083 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC459654 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL459654 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10155143 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL72555 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000469569 100 $a20060612d2006 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aPrivate voluntary health insurance in development$b[electronic resource] $efriend or foe /$fedited by Alexander S. Preker, Richard N. Scheffler, Mark C. Bassett 210 $aWashington, DC $cWorld Bank$d2006 215 $a1 online resource (460 p.) 225 1 $aHealth, nutrition and population series 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8213-6619-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aContents; 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; Index 330 $aPrivate voluntary health insurance already plays an important role in the health sector of many low and middle income countries. The book reviews the context under which private insurance could contribute to an improvement in the financial sustainability of the health sector, financial protection against the costs of illness, household income smoothing, access to care, and market productivity. This volume is the third in a series of in-depth reviews of the role of health care financing in providing access for low-income populations to needed halthcare, protecting them from the impoverishing ef 410 0$aHealth, nutrition, and population series. 606 $aHealth insurance$zDeveloping countries 606 $aMedical care$zDeveloping countries 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aHealth insurance 615 0$aMedical care 676 $a368.38/20091724 701 $aPreker$b Alexander S.$f1951-$0916182 701 $aScheffler$b Richard M$0938145 701 $aBassett$b Mark C.$f1957-$0938146 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910452125303321 996 $aPrivate voluntary health insurance in development$92113431 997 $aUNINA