Social health insurance for developing nations
By: by William C. Hsiao and R. Paul Shaw, with contributions by Andrew Fraker ... [et al.].
Contributors: Shaw, R. Paul.; Fraker, Andrew.; World Bank.
Publisher: World Bank
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Washington, DC
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780821369494
Subjects: Insurance, Health -- Developing countries; Social security -- Developing countries; Insurance, Health; Social Security -- economics; Developing Countries; Health Policy
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Introduction, context, and theory / William C. Hsiao and R. Paul Shaw; title: Design and implementation of social health insurance / William C. Hsiao; title: Kenya: designing social health insurance / Andrew Fraker and William Hsiao; title: Ghana: initiating social health insurance / Sreekanth Ramachandra and William Hsiao; title: The Philippines: extending coverage beyond the formal sector / Matthew Jowett and William Hsiao; title: Colombia: social health insurance with managed competition to improve health care delivery / Diana Pinto and William Hsiao; title: Thailand: achieving universal coverage with social health insurance / Piya Hanvoravongchai and William Hsiao; title: Lessons learned and policy implications / William C. Hsiao and R. Paul Shaw.