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Private voluntary health insurance in development : : friend or foe? / / editors, Alexander S. Preker, Richard M. Scheffler, and Mark C. Bassett



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Titolo: Private voluntary health insurance in development : : friend or foe? / / editors, Alexander S. Preker, Richard M. Scheffler, and Mark C. Bassett Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Washington, D.C. : , : World Bank, , c2007
Descrizione fisica: xxvii, 424 pages : illustrations ; ; 26 cm
Disciplina: 368.38/20091724
Soggetto topico: Health insurance - Developing countries
Medical care - Developing countries
Altri autori: PrekerAlexander S. <1951->  
SchefflerRichard M  
BassettMark C. <1957->  
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: Contents; 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
Sommario/riassunto: Private 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
Titolo autorizzato: Private voluntary health insurance in development  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-280-72555-9
9786610725557
0-8213-6620-3
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910827867803321
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Serie: World Bank e-Library.