Social health insurance for developing nations / [edited by] William C. Hsiao and R. Paul Shaw ; with contributions by Andrew Fraker ... [et al.] ; jointly sponsored by the World Bank Institute and Harvard University.
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TextSeries: WBI development studiesPublication details: Washington, D.C. : World Bank, c2007.Description: xi, 172 p. : illISBN: - 9780821369494
- Insurance, Health
- 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
- Specialist groups have often advised health ministers and other decision makers in developing countries on the use of social health insurance (SHI) as a way of mobilizing revenue for health, reforming health sector performance, and providing universal coverage. This book reviews the specific design and implementation challenges facing SHI in low- and middle-income countries and presents case studies on Ghana, Kenya, Philippines, Colombia, and Thailand
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Jointly sponsored by the World Bank Institute and Harvard University.
Includes bibliographical references.
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.
Specialist groups have often advised health ministers and other decision makers in developing countries on the use of social health insurance (SHI) as a way of mobilizing revenue for health, reforming health sector performance, and providing universal coverage. This book reviews the specific design and implementation challenges facing SHI in low- and middle-income countries and presents case studies on Ghana, Kenya, Philippines, Colombia, and Thailand.
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