Private voluntary health insurance in development
Subtitle: friend or foe?
By: editors, Alexander S. Preker, Richard M. Scheffler, and Mark C. Bassett
Contributors: Preker, Alexander S., 1951-; Scheffler, Richard M; Bassett, Mark C., 1957-
Series: Health, nutrition, and population series
Publisher: World Bank
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 424
ISBN-13: 9780821366202; 9780821366196
Subjects: Insurance, Health -- Developing countries
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index
Table of contents: title: The evolution of health insurance in developing countries / Alexander S. Preker; title: Insights on demand for private voluntary health insurance in less developed countries / Mark V. Pauly; title: Supply of private voluntary health insurance in low-income countries / Peter Zweifel, Boris B. Krey, and Maurizio Tagli; title: Market outcomes, regulation, and policy recommendations / Peter Zweifel and Mark V. Pauly; title: Provision of a public benefit package alongside private voluntary health insurance / Peter C. Smith; title: Economics of private voluntary health insurance revisited / Philip Musgrove; title: Scope, limitations, and policy responses / Denis Dreschler and Johannes P. Jütting; title: Lessons for developing countries from the OECD / Francesca Colombo; title: Trends and regulatory challenges in harnessing private voluntray health insurance / Neelam Sekhri and William D. Savedoff; title: Financial and management best practice in private voluntary health insurance / Roger Bowie and Gayle Adams; title: Opportunites and constraints in management practices in sub-Saharan Africa / Ladi Awosika; title: Facilitating and safeguarding regulation in advanced market economies / Scott E. Harrington; title: Financial and other regulatory challenges in low-income countries / Hernán L. Fuenzalida-Puelma, Vijay Kalavakonda, and Mónica Cáceres; title: Appendix : Review of the literature on voluntary private health insurance / Mark C. Bassett and Vincent M. Kane; title: Impact evaluation studies. Chile : Enrollment, financial protection, and access to care under private voluntary health insurance / Ricardo A. Bitrán and Rodrigo Muñoz ; Egypt : Voluntary health insurance / Heba Nassar and Sameh El-Saharty ; South Africa : Role of private health insurance in the health system / Michael Thiede and Vimbayi Mutyambizi ; Thailand : Role of private insurance in health care access / Siripen Supakankunti ; Turkey : The impact of private health insurance on access to care / Anna Cederberg Heard and Ajay Mahal ; United States : Private health insurance and the financial impact of out-of-pocket health expenditures / M. Kate Bundorf and Mark V. Pauly; title: Feasibility studies. Brazil : Private voluntary health insurance in development / Bernard F. Couttolenc and Alexandre C. Nicolella ; China : Private health insurance and its potential / Teh-wei Hu and Xiao-hua Ying ; India : Exploring the feasibility of financing private voluntary health insurance / Peter Berman, Rajeev Ahuga, and Vijay Kalavakonda ; Korea : Expansion of voluntary health insurance coverage targeting specific diseases / Kee Taig Jung; title: Nigeria : Feasibility of voluntary health insurance / Obinna Onwujekwe and Edit V. Velényi ; Slovenia : The development of voluntary health insurance and its role / Maks Tajnikar and Petra Došenovič Bonča