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Financing Health Care in East Asia and the Pacific : Best Practices and Remaining Challenges.
The East Asia and Pacific region is characterized by wide variations in sources of healthcarefinancing, pooling of funds, purchasing of care services, and the extent to which thesepolicy instruments and programs provide social protection. Existing healthcare financingsystems in the region are under...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Washington :
World Bank,
2011.
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| Colección: | Directions in development (Washington, D.C.). Human development.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | The East Asia and Pacific region is characterized by wide variations in sources of healthcarefinancing, pooling of funds, purchasing of care services, and the extent to which thesepolicy instruments and programs provide social protection. Existing healthcare financingsystems in the region are under increasing pressure from a continued prevalence ofcommunicable diseases, an emergence of non communicable diseases, and a rapidlyaging population. Large inequalities between the poor and the prosperous in their access to healthcarefinancing mechanisms can be reformed and strengthened to improve outco. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (356 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780821387368 0821387367 |