Universal health coverage for inclusive and sustainable development
Subtitle: a synthesis of 11 country case studies
By: Akiko Maeda, Edson Correia Araujo, Cheryl Cashin, Joseph Harris, Naoki Ikegami, and Michael Reich
Contributors: Cashin, Cheryl, author; Harris, Joseph, 1976 August 23- author; Ikegami, Naoki, 1949- author; Reich, Michael, 1950- author; World Bank
Series: Directions in development : human development
Publisher: The World Bank
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 55
ISBN-13: 9781464802973; 9781464802980
Copyright date: 2014
Subjects: Universal Coverage; Economic Development; Health Expenditures; Health Policy; Health Services Accessibility; Economics; Healthcare Financing
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Goals of universal health coverage; title: Opportunities : UHC contributes to inclusive and sustainable development; title: Challenges : adopt, achieve, and sustain; title: Objectives and scope of the study; title: Framework for analysis; title: Emerging lessons from country experiences; title: Special country feature Japan's experience in achieving and sustaining UHC; title: UHC lessons in political economy and policy process; title: Adopting UHC : crises, strong leaders, and social movements all contribute; title: Achieving UHC : incrementally and with equity; title: Sustaining UHC : responsive, adaptive, and resilient; title: UHC lessons in health financing; title: Raising revenues; title: Managing expenditures well and ensuring value for money; title: Managing risk pooling and redistribution of resources; title: UHC lessons in health service delivery and human resources for health; title: Increasing the production of qualified health workers; title: Ensuring equitable distribution of health workers; title: Improving health worker performance; title: Cross-cutting issues; title: Key issues for countries in the four groups.