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Private voluntary health insurance in development

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World Bank
Language
English
Pages
424

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Private voluntary health insurance in development: friend or foe?
2007, World Bank
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Table of Contents

The evolution of health insurance in developing countries / Alexander S. Preker
Insights on demand for private voluntary health insurance in less developed countries / Mark V. Pauly
Supply of private voluntary health insurance in low-income countries / Peter Zweifel, Boris B. Krey, and Maurizio Tagli
Market outcomes, regulation, and policy recommendations / Peter Zweifel and Mark V. Pauly
Provision of a public benefit package alongside private voluntary health insurance / Peter C. Smith
Economics of private voluntary health insurance revisited / Philip Musgrove
Scope, limitations, and policy responses / Denis Dreschler and Johannes P. Jütting
Lessons for developing countries from the OECD / Francesca Colombo
Trends and regulatory challenges in harnessing private voluntray health insurance / Neelam Sekhri and William D. Savedoff
Financial and management best practice in private voluntary health insurance / Roger Bowie and Gayle Adams
Opportunites and constraints in management practices in sub-Saharan Africa / Ladi Awosika
Facilitating and safeguarding regulation in advanced market economies / Scott E. Harrington
Financial and other regulatory challenges in low-income countries / Hernán L. Fuenzalida-Puelma, Vijay Kalavakonda, and Mónica Cáceres
Appendix : Review of the literature on voluntary private health insurance / Mark C. Bassett and Vincent M. Kane
Impact evaluation studies. Chile : Enrollment, financial protection, and access to care under private voluntary health insurance / Ricardo A. Bitrán and Rodrigo Muñoz ; Egypt : Voluntary health insurance / Heba Nassar and Sameh El-Saharty ; South Africa : Role of private health insurance in the health system / Michael Thiede and Vimbayi Mutyambizi ; Thailand : Role of private insurance in health care access / Siripen Supakankunti ; Turkey : The impact of private health insurance on access to care / Anna Cederberg Heard and Ajay Mahal ; United States : Private health insurance and the financial impact of out-of-pocket health expenditures / M. Kate Bundorf and Mark V. Pauly
Feasibility studies. Brazil : Private voluntary health insurance in development / Bernard F. Couttolenc and Alexandre C. Nicolella ; China : Private health insurance and its potential / Teh-wei Hu and Xiao-hua Ying ; India : Exploring the feasibility of financing private voluntary health insurance / Peter Berman, Rajeev Ahuga, and Vijay Kalavakonda ; Korea : Expansion of voluntary health insurance coverage targeting specific diseases / Kee Taig Jung
Nigeria : Feasibility of voluntary health insurance / Obinna Onwujekwe and Edit V. Velényi ; Slovenia : The development of voluntary health insurance and its role / Maks Tajnikar and Petra Došenovič Bonča

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index

Published in
Washington, D.C
Series
Health, nutrition, and population series

Classifications

Library of Congress
HG9399.D442 P75 2007, HG9399.D442P75 2006

The Physical Object

Pagination
xxvii, 424 p. :
Number of pages
424

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL16084834M
Internet Archive
privatevoluntary00prek
ISBN 10
082136619X, 0821366203
ISBN 13
9780821366202, 9780821366196
LCCN
2006047585
OCLC/WorldCat
70167819
Goodreads
1775530

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