Towards a national health insurance system in Syria
Subtitle: Documents, materials and excerpts from short-term consultancy reports of Detlef Schwefel. 2003-2008
Publisher: Schwefel International Consulting in cooperation with Ministry of Health, Syria
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Berlin
Number of pages: 589
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Report 1 (2003): Public and private health insurance or benefit schemes in Syria; title: Report 2 (2003): A few preliminary recommendations; title: Report 3 (2003): InfoSure methodology to assess health insurances; title: Report 4 (2004): Fair financing; title: Report 5 (2004): Health insurance as interagency affair; title: Report 6 (2004): InfoSure assessment of five Syrian health benefit and health insurance schemes; title: Report 7 (2005): Health insurance in the 10th Five Year Plan; title: Report 8 (2005):  Strategic issues towards health insurance in Syria, Statistical data compilation and analysis, Studies on health insurance issues; title: Report 9 (2006): Needed modifications of the 10th Year Plan strategy, Pilot-testing health insurance in three Governorates, Cost of a national health insurance system, The issue of privatisations, Health insurance laws, Supporting a national debate; title: Report 10 (2006): Health financing in Egypt; title: Report 12 (2006): Towards health insurance; title: Report 13 (2007): Household health expenditure, Studies on health benefit and insurance schemes; title: Report 14 (2007): A roadmap towards a national health financing system, A potential co-operation with the Teachers Association, A time-plan and work-plan towards a national health financing system, Private public partnerships in a national health financing system, Towards assessing various benefit schemes and benefit packages; title: Report 15 (2007): The new financing structure in Syria; title: Report 17 (2008): Towards a second phase of the modernisation programme; title: ANNEXES (selection); title: Annex 1 - Health insurance schemes in Syria; title: Annex 4 - Some employment data for Syria; title: Annex 5 - The health insurance law of Syria, 2003; title: Annex 6 - Health insurance development steps; title: Annex 7 - Characteristics of health insurances; title: Annex 9 - Towards understanding and measuring fairness; title: Annex 11 - InfoSure multiple choice answers of five health benefit and insurance schemes; title: Annex 12 - Health benefit schemes of ministries in Syria; title: Annex 14 - Two project proposals towards social health insurance in the 10th Five Year Plan; title: Annex 15 - Can Syria benefit from international experiences?; title: Annex 16 - Cabinet decision on health insurance pilot-testing; title: Annex 20 - Statistical backgrounder for health insurance; title: Annex 22 - Questions on willingness to pay for health insurance; title: Annex 29 - Health insurance reports from 3 governorates: Al Raqqa, Lattakia, Dara’a; title: Annex 30 - Cost estimates for national health insurance system in Syria; title: Annex 31 - Example of a framework law for health insurance; title: Annex 32 - Bulletin article on health insurance; title: Annex 33 - Health insurance context data; title: Annex 34 - Conference on health financing; title: Annex 37 - Studies on health benefit and insurance schemes in Syria: Three Governorates, Dara’a, Lattakia, Al Raqqa; title: Annex 38 - An opinion survey on health insurance in Yemen; title: Annex 39 - Health insurance roadmap in English; title: Annex 44 - PowerPoint presentation on steps towards a national health financing and insurance system; title: Annex 45 - Health insurance time and work plan; title: Annex 46 - Draft tender dossier on public health insurance schemes; title: Annex 47 - Draft tender dossier on private health insurance schemes; title: Annex 48 - The new health financing system