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Impact of health insurance in low- and middle-income countries / edited by Maria-Luisa Escobar, Charles C. Griffin, and R. Paul Shaw.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, c2010.Description: xiv, 221 p. : ill. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9780815705468 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 368.38/20091724 22
LOC classification:
  • HG9399.D442 I47 2010
NLM classification:
  • W 225.1
Contents:
Why and how we're studying health insurance in the developing world -- A review of the evidence / Ursula Giedion and Yadira Diaz -- Low-cost health insurance schemes to protect the poor in Namibia / Emily Gustafsson-Wright, Wendy Janssens, and Jacques van der Gaag -- Ghana's national health insurance scheme / Slavea Chankova, Chris Atim, and Laurel Hatt -- Impact of health insurance on access, use, and health status in Costa Rica / James Cercone -- Impact of health insurance on access to health services, health services use, and health status in Peru / Ricardo Bitran -- The impact of health insurance on use, spending, and health in Indonesia / Facundo Cuevas and Susan W. Parker -- The impact of rural mutual health care on health care use, financial risk protection, and health status in rural China / Winnie Yip and William Hsiao -- Colombia-taking 16 years to do what took Europe 100 / Ursula Giedion and Yadira Diaz -- Main findings, research issues, and policy implications.
Item type: Book
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Why and how we're studying health insurance in the developing world -- A review of the evidence / Ursula Giedion and Yadira Diaz -- Low-cost health insurance schemes to protect the poor in Namibia / Emily Gustafsson-Wright, Wendy Janssens, and Jacques van der Gaag -- Ghana's national health insurance scheme / Slavea Chankova, Chris Atim, and Laurel Hatt -- Impact of health insurance on access, use, and health status in Costa Rica / James Cercone -- Impact of health insurance on access to health services, health services use, and health status in Peru / Ricardo Bitran -- The impact of health insurance on use, spending, and health in Indonesia / Facundo Cuevas and Susan W. Parker -- The impact of rural mutual health care on health care use, financial risk protection, and health status in rural China / Winnie Yip and William Hsiao -- Colombia-taking 16 years to do what took Europe 100 / Ursula Giedion and Yadira Diaz -- Main findings, research issues, and policy implications.

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