Social health insurance for developing nations / William C. Hsiao and R. Paul Shaw, with contributions by Andrew Fraker ... [and others].

By:

Hsiao, William C

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Material type: Text

TextSeries: WBI development studies | World Bank e-LibraryPublisher: Washington, D.C. : World Bank, c2007Description: xi, 172 pages : illustrations, maps ; 27 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

0821369490 (pbk.)
9780821369494 (pbk.)

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Additional physical formats: Print Version:DDC classification:

368.4/20091724 22

LOC classification:

HG9399.D442 H77 2007

NLM classification:

W 225.1

Online resources:

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Contents:

Introduction, context, and theory / William C. Hsiao and R. Paul Shaw -- Design and implementation of social health insurance / William C. Hsiao -- Kenya: designing social health insurance / Andrew Fraker and William C. Hsiao -- Ghana: initiating social health insurance / Sreekanth Ramachandra and William C. Hsiao -- The Philippines: extending coverage beyond the formal sector / Matthew Jowett and William C. Hsiao -- Colombia: social health insurance with managed competition to improve health care delivery / Diana Pinto and William C. Hsiao -- Thailand: achieving universal coverage with social health insurance / Piya Hanvoravongchai and William C. Hsiao -- Lessons learned and policy implications / William C. Hsiao and R. Paul Shaw.

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