LEADER 03176oam 22007215 450 001 9910827867803321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-280-72555-9 010 $a9786610725557 010 $a0-8213-6620-3 024 7 $a10.1596/978-0-8213-6619-6 035 $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(The World Bank)ocm70167819 035 $a(US-djbf)14409930 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000469569 100 $a20060612d2007 uf 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 00$aPrivate voluntary health insurance in development : $efriend or foe? /$feditors, Alexander S. Preker, Richard M. Scheffler, and Mark C. Bassett 210 1$aWashington, D.C. :$cWorld Bank,$dc2007. 215 $axxvii, 424 pages $cillustrations ;$d26 cm 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 $aPrivate voluntary health insurance already plays an important role in the health sector of many low and middle income countries. The book reviews the context under which private insurance could contribute to an improvement in the financial sustainability of the health sector, financial protection against the costs of illness, household income smoothing, access to care, and market productivity. This volume is the third in a series of in-depth reviews of the role of health care financing in providing access for low-income populations to needed halthcare, protecting them from the impoverishing ef 410 0$aWorld Bank e-Library. 606 $aHealth insurance$zDeveloping countries 606 $aMedical care$zDeveloping countries 615 0$aHealth insurance 615 0$aMedical care 676 $a368.38/20091724 701 $aPreker$b Alexander S.$f1951-$01599689 701 $aScheffler$b Richard M$01104741 701 $aBassett$b Mark C.$f1957-$01599690 801 0$bDLC 801 1$bDLC 801 2$bBAKER 801 2$bBTCTA 801 2$bC#P 801 2$bYDX 801 2$bYDXCP 801 2$bCOO 801 2$bDLC 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910827867803321 996 $aPrivate voluntary health insurance in development$93922459 997 $aUNINA