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| Good Practices in Health Financing Lessons from Reforms in Low- and Middle-Income Countries | |
Link to document(s) | http://siteresources.worldb... |
Author(s): | Pablo Gottret, George J. Schieber, and Hugh R. Waters - Editors |
Document type: | Monographs, Reports, and Book Chapters |
Language: | English |
Publication date: | 2008 |
Primary area(s) of focus: | Health Care Finance, Health Care Policy and Reform |
Bibliographic Citation: | The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development / The World Bank |
Submited by: | Mrs. Irina Ibraghimova |
Material written specifically for patients: | No |
Date of entry: | September 30, 2009 |
Pages: | 530 |
| This book attempts to partially fill the void by systematically assessing health financing reforms in nine low- and middle-income countries that have demonstrated “good performance” in expanding their populations’ health insurance coverage—to both improve health status and protect against catastrophic medical expenses. Good performance also includes average or better-than-average population health outcomes relative to resources devoted to health and to national income and educational levels. Among the low- and middle-income countries that are in the process of achieving high levels of population coverage and financial protection, nine were selected as examples of good performance by an expert steering committee representing all six World Bank Regions. They are Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Estonia, the Kyrgyz Republic, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Tunisia, and Vietnam. Each country case is analyzed using a standardized taxonomy that captures the key health and non health sector–specific factors affecting the performance of its health financing….’ | |
Overall user rating: | Not yet reviewed |
