Beyond survival [[electronic resource] ] : protecting households from health shocks / / Cristian Baeza, Truman G. Packard, Fernando Montenegro-Torres

• Autore: Baeza Cristián
• Pubblicazione: Washington, DC, : World Bank, 2006
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (196 p.)
• Disciplina: 362.1
• Soggetto topico: Medical care, Cost of; Medical policy
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: PackardTruman Montenegro TorresFernando
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; 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 ; 6 THE QUEST FOR EFFICIENCY AND UNIVERSAL COVERAGE: HEALTH SECTOR REFORM IN LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN REFERENCES; INDEX
• Sommario/riassunto: Beyond 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Beyond survival
• ISBN: 1-280-51626-7; 9786610516261; 0-8213-6572-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910450169103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Latin American development forum.