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Private Voluntary Health Insurance in Development: Friend or Foe? (Health, Nutrition, and Population)
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Description for Private Voluntary Health Insurance in Development: Friend or Foe? (Health, Nutrition, and Population)
Paperback. Private voluntary health insurance already plays an important role in the health sector of many low and middle income countries. This book reviews the context under which private insurance could contribute to an improvement in the financial sustainability of the health sector, household income smoothing, access to care, and market productivity. Editor(s): Preker, Alexander S.; Scheffler, Richard M.; Bassett, Mark C. Num Pages: 456 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JKSB; MBP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 252 x 180 x 27. Weight in Grams: 930.
Private voluntary health insurance already plays an important role in the health sector of many low and middle income countries. The book reviews the context under which private insurance could contribute to an improvement in the financial sustainability of the health sector, financial protection against the costs of illness, household income smoothing, access to care, and market productivity. This volume is the third in a series of in-depth reviews of the role of health care financing in providing access for low-income populations to needed healthcare, protecting them from the impoverishing effects of illness, and addressing the important issues of social ... Read more
Private voluntary health insurance already plays an important role in the health sector of many low and middle income countries. The book reviews the context under which private insurance could contribute to an improvement in the financial sustainability of the health sector, financial protection against the costs of illness, household income smoothing, access to care, and market productivity. This volume is the third in a series of in-depth reviews of the role of health care financing in providing access for low-income populations to needed healthcare, protecting them from the impoverishing effects of illness, and addressing the important issues of social ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
World Bank Publications
Condition
New
Number of Pages
456
Place of Publication
Washington, United States
ISBN
9780821366196
SKU
V9780821366196
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