Innovations in health system finance in developing and transitional economies.

Low- and middle-income countries face major challenges to their health systems. These include a high burden of communicable disease and an emerging non-communicable disease burden. Coverage of effective services and interventions is inadequate and often constrained by funding availability. At the sa...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Chernichovsky, Dov
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bingley, UK : JAI Press/Emerald Pub. Group, 2009.
Edición:1st ed.
Colección:Advances in health economics and health services research ; v. 21.
Temas:
Medical economics > Developing countries.
Medical care.
Medical policy.
Insurance.
Health services administration.
International cooperation.
Social control.
Economics.
Social sciences.
Sociology.
Delivery of Health Care
Health Policy
Insurance, Health
Developing Countries
Insurance
Public Policy
Patient Care Management
Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation
International Cooperation
Health Services Administration
Social Control Policies
Financing, Organized
Internationality
Policy
Social Control, Formal
Economics
Social Sciences
Health Care Economics and Organizations
Anthropology, Education, Sociology and Social Phenomena
Sociology
Prestation de soins.
Politique sanitaire.
Assurance-maladie.
Assurance.
Services de santé > Administration.
Coopération internationale.
Contrôle social.
Économie politique.
Sciences sociales.
Sociologie.
insurance.
economics.
social sciences.
sociology.
Health economics.
Health systems & services.
Business & Economics > Economics > General.
Medical > Health Care Delivery.
Gestion d'entreprises.
Medical economics.
Developing countries.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Trust in the context of community-based health insurance schemes in Cambodia : villagers' trust in health insurers / Sachiko Ozawa, Damian G. Walker
  • Methodological challenges in evaluating health care financing equity in data-poor contexts : lessons from Ghana, South Africa and Tanzania / Josephine Borghi, John Ataguba, Gemini Mtei, James Akazili, Filip Meheus, Clas Rehnberg, Di McIntyre
  • The role of risk equalization in moving from voluntary private health insurance to mandatory coverage : the experience in South Africa / Heather McLeod, Pieter Grobler
  • Purchasing health care in China : experiences, opportunities and challenges / Winnie Yip, Kara Hanson
  • The impact of Nepal's national incentive programme to promote safe delivery in the district of Makwanpur / T. Powell-Jackson, B.D. Neupane, S. Tiwari, K. Tumbahangphe, D. Manandhar, A.M. Costello
  • Protecting pro-poor health services during financial crises : lessons from experience / Pablo Gottret, Vaibhav Gupta, Susan Sparkes, Ajay Tandon, Valerie Moran, Peter Berman
  • Service- and population-based exemptions : are these the way forward for equity and efficiency in health financing in low-income countries? / Sophie Witter
  • From scheme to system : social health insurance funds and the transformation of health financing in Kyrgyzstan and Moldova / Joseph Kutzin, Melitta Jakab, Sergey Shishkin
  • The double burden of disease in developing countries : the Mexican experience / Cristina Gutiérrez-Delgado, Veronica Guajardo-Barrón
  • Reforming 'developing' health systems : Tanzania, Mexico, and the United States / Dov Chernichovsky, Gabriel Martinez, Nelly Aguilera
  • The equity impact of the universal coverage policy : lessons from Thailand / Phusit Prakongsai, Supon Limwattananon, Viroj Tangcharoensathien
  • Social health insurance and labor market outcomes : evidence from Central and Eastern Europe, and Central Asia / Adam Wagstaff, Rodrigo Moreno-Serra
  • Overview / Dov Chernichovsky, Kara Hanson.

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