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Health Financing for Poor People: Resource Mobilization and Risk Sharing »

Authors: Alexander S. Preker (Editor), Guy Carrin (Editor), Guy Carrin
ISBN-13: 9780821355251, ISBN-10: 0821355252
Format: Paperback
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Date Published: April 2004
Edition: (Non-applicable)

Author Biography: Alexander S. Preker

Book Synopsis

A working group of the World Health Organization's Commission on Macroeconomics and Health presents the conclusions of its research into alternative approaches to domestic resource mobilization, risk protection against the cost of illness, and the efficient use of resources by providers. The report emphasizes the important of general tax revenues and payroll-based social health insurance contributions in financing health care, especially in non-industrialized countries. Annotation © 2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

	Foreword
	Preface
	Acknowledgments
Pt. 1	Global and regional trends	1
1	Rich-poor differences in health care financing	3
2	Review of the strengths and weaknesses of community financing	53
3	Experience of community health financing in the Asian region	119
4	Experience of community health financing in the African region	157
Pt. 2	Country case studies using household survey analysis	199
5	Analysis of community financing using household surveys
6	Financial protection and access to health care in rural areas of Senegal	231
7	Community-based health insurance in Rwanda	251
8	The SEWA medical insurance fund in India	275
9	The potential role of community financing in India	293
10	Impact of the Thailand health card	315
Pt. 3	Expenditure gaps and development traps	359
11	Deficit financing of health care for the poor	361
12	Impact of risk sharing on the attainment of health system goals	397
	About the coeditors and contributors	417
	Index	427