Health services in Latin America and Asia
By: Carlos Gerardo Molina, José Núñez del Arco, editors.
Contributors: Molina, Carlos Gerardo.; Núñez del Arco, José.; Inter-American Development Bank.; Workshop "Comparative Health: The Experiences of Latin America and Asia" (2000 : Tokyo, Japan).
Publisher: Distributed by the Johns Hopkins University Press for the Inter-American Development Bank
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Washington, DC
Language: eng
Number of pages: 298
Subjects: Medical care -- Latin America -- Congresses.; Medical care -- Asia -- Congresses.; Health services accessibility -- Latin America -- Congresses.; Health services accessibility -- Asia -- Congresses.
Genres: Congresses.
Notes: "Inter-American Institute for Social Development"--cover.

"This publication includes some of the most interesting cases that were presented at the workshop "Comparative Health: The Experiences of Latin America and Asia", which was held in Japan from August 29 to September 1, 2000"--Introduction.

Text in English and Japanese.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: value: Dual, universal or plural? / Sonia Fleury; value: Health sector development in Asia and the Pacific / Aviva Ron; value: Basic health insurance in Bolivia / Fernando Lavadenz M.; value: Efficient equity-based health sector reforms in Vietnam / Tran Trong Hai and Claudio Schuftan; value: The immunization program in Central America and the keys to its success / Salvador García Jiménez; value: Organization and management of preventive care / Charas Suwanwela; value: The structure of primary care / Adib Jatene; value: Delivery of basic health services in China / Xinhua Li, Chunming Chen and Kean Wang; value: Managing competition in the Tropics / Juan Luis Londoño; value: Health resource allocation mechanisms / Juan M. Flavier; value: Regulation of the health sector in Chile / Cecilia Acuña and José Pablo Gómez; value: The health care role of the government and the private sector / Khalid Abdul Kamir; value: Health sector organization/reorganization in Latin America and the Caribbean / Roberto F. Iunes; value: Health sector challenges in Asia and the Pacific / Indu Bhushan; value: Public health in Japan.