Good Practices in Health Financing : Lessons from Reforms in Low and Middle-Income Countries
Keywords
HEALTH CARE OUTCOMESLABOR MARKETS
LEADING CAUSES OF MORTALITY
HEALTH INFORMATION
HEARING AIDS
MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS
HEALTH SYSTEM
MEDICAL POLICY
MEDICAL EXPENDITURES
HEALTH CARE
DISSEMINATION
OUTPATIENT CARE
DELIVERY MECHANISMS
HEALTH STATUS
HEALTH ORGANIZATION
SOCIAL WELFARE
MARRIED WOMEN
IMMUNIZATION
BURDEN OF DISEASE
DOCTORS
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
FINANCIAL RESOURCES
LOW INCOME
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
LIFE EXPECTANCY AT BIRTH
PRIMARY HEALTH CARE SERVICES
LIFE EXPECTANCY
HOSPITAL CARE
PATIENT
FEE FOR SERVICE
PUBLIC HOSPITAL
PRIMARY CARE
ACCESS TO HEALTH SERVICES
INCOME
HEALTH FINANCING SYSTEM
HEALTH ECONOMICS
HEALTH SERVICE DELIVERY
HEALTH REFORMS
HEALTH OUTCOME INDICATORS
HEALTH CARE FACILITIES
HEALTH SYSTEMS
INSURERS
HUMAN RESOURCES
HEALTH INSURANCE SCHEMES
BEDS
HEALTH INTERVENTIONS
FINANCIAL BALANCE
TUBERCULOSIS
FAMILIES
CONTRIBUTION RATES
HEALTH CARE PRODUCTS
DECISION MAKING
DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE
HEALTH CARE COVERAGE
INPATIENT CARE
PHARMACISTS
INFANT MORTALITY RATE
HEALTH-SECTOR
NATIONAL HEALTH POLICY
PROGRESS
PUBLIC HEALTH
PHYSICIANS
LIVING STANDARDS
CAPITATION
PHYSICIAN
PUBLIC HEALTH SPENDING
DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH
PUBLIC HOSPITALS
MORALITY
HEALTH PLAN
POCKET PAYMENT
HEALTH COVERAGE
HEALTH SERVICES USE
DIPHTHERIA
MEDICAL PERSONNEL
UNEMPLOYMENT
HOSPITALS
SOCIAL SECURITY
POPULATION GROWTH
HEALTH CONDITIONS
HEALTH CARE SERVICES EXPENDITURES
LEADING CAUSES
HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS
MEDICAL EXPENSES
MEDICAL EQUIPMENT
NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICES
UNIVERSAL HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE
FERTILITY
INTERNATIONAL COMPARISONS
ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY
HEALTH FINANCING
MEDICINES
NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE
GLOBAL HEALTH
HEALTH WORKFORCE
HOSPITAL BEDS
PROVIDER PAYMENT
HEALTH SERVICE
INFANT MORTALITY RATES
BUDGET ALLOCATION
CENTER FOR HEALTH
ALLOCATIVE EFFICIENCY
MEDICAL BILLS
MEDICAL CARE COSTS
MACROECONOMIC PERFORMANCE
PUBLIC HEALTH EXPENDITURES
PRIVATE SECTOR
SOCIAL STUDIES
HEALTH EXPENDITURE
HEALTH SECTOR REFORM
PRIVATE INSURANCE
FINANCIAL PROTECTION
FERTILITY RATES
HEALTH SYSTEM PERFORMANCE
ACCESS TO SERVICES
HEALTH REFORM
HEALTH CARE PROVISION
PRIVATE INSURERS
HEALTH INEQUALITIES
INFANT
PROSTHETIC DEVICES
HEALTH CARE REFORMS
GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT
NATIONAL HEALTH SPENDING
HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS
CHILDBIRTH
DEVELOPMENT POLICY
HEALTH CARE REFORM
HEALTH INSURANCE SYSTEM
POLICY MAKERS
NUTRITIONAL STATUS
DISABILITY
POPULATION GROWTH RATES
HEALTH INSURANCE SCHEME
WORKERS
PRIMARY HEALTH CARE
NATIONAL HEALTH
HEALTH EXPENDITURES
HEALTH CENTERS
INCOME GROUPS
HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURE
EXTERNAL DEBT
HEALTH CARE RESOURCES
FIXED COSTS
HEALTH EXPENDITURE PER CAPITA
HEALTH CARE SPENDING
MODERN METHODS OF CONTRACEPTION
DELIVERY SYSTEM
HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS
NUTRITION
ILLNESS
CATASTROPHIC HEALTH SPENDING
RISK ADJUSTMENT
PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE
HEALTH CARE DELIVERY
HEALTH INDICATORS
HEALTH SECTOR
SOCIAL HEALTH INSURANCE
HEALTH OUTCOMES
MORBIDITY
PRIVATE FINANCING
SURGERY
HEALTH FINANCING REFORM
LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES
LEGAL STATUS
HEALTH SPECIALIST
SUPPLY OF DOCTORS
HEALTH FACILITIES
MEDICAL CARE
HOSPITALIZATION
HEALTH PROBLEMS
POPULATION GROUPS
HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS
PUBLIC SPENDING
HEALTH SERVICES
INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY
ECONOMIC GROWTH
PUBLIC HEALTH INTERVENTIONS
HEALTH CARE PROVIDER
CHILD HEALTH
HEALTH INSURANCE
HEALTH CARE SERVICES
HEALTH INSURANCE FUND
WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
HEALTH CARE SYSTEM
HEALTH SYSTEM REFORM
HEALTH CARE COSTS
POCKET PAYMENTS
INFANT MORTALITY
MORTALITY
FINANCING POLICIES
HEALTH POLICIES
NURSES
POPULATION STRUCTURE
HEALTH CARE EXPENDITURE
PUBLIC SECTOR
INFORMATION SYSTEMS
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
SHARE OF HEALTH EXPENDITURE
HEALTH POLICY
INCOME DISTRIBUTION
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http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6442Abstract
This volume focuses on nine countries that have completed, or are well along in the process of carrying out, major health financing reforms. These countries have significantly expanded their people's health care coverage or maintained such coverage after prolonged political or economic shocks. In doing so, this report seeks to expand the evidence base on good performance in health financing reforms in low- and middle-income countries. The countries chosen for the study were Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Estonia, the Kyrgyz Republic, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Tunisia, and Vietnam. With health at the center of global development policy on humanitarian as well as economic and health security grounds, the international community and developing countries are closely focused on scaling up health systems to meet the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), improving financial protection, and ensuring long-term financing to sustain these gains. With the scaling up of aid, both donors and countries have come to realize that money alone cannot buy health gains or prevent impoverishment due to catastrophic medical bills. This realization has sent policy makers looking for reliable evidence about what works and what does not, but they have found little to guide their search.Date
2012-05-25Identifier
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http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6442
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