Impact of health insurance in low- and middle-income countries

Impact of health insurance in low- and middle-income countries / edited by Maria-Luisa Escobar, Charles C. Griffin, and R. Paul Shaw.

Format	Electronic and Book
Publication Info	Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press,
Description	xiv, 221 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Supplemental Content	Full text available from UPCC Books Political Science and Policy Studies 2010 Subject Collection
Subject(s)	Health insurance--Developing countries. Insurance, Health. Developing Countries. Health Policy--economics.

Other author/creator	Escobar, Maria-Luisa.
Other author/creator	Griffin, Charles C., 1951-
Other author/creator	Shaw, R. Paul.
Other author/creator	Brookings Institution.
Contents	Why and how we're studying health insurance in the developing world -- A review of the evidence / Ursula Giedion and Yadira Diaz -- Low-cost health insurance schemes to protect the poor in Namibia / Emily Gustafsson-Wright, Wendy Janssens, and Jacques van der Gaag -- Ghana's national health insurance scheme / Slavea Chankova, Chris Atim, and Laurel Hatt -- Impact of health insurance on access, use, and health status in Costa Rica / James Cercone -- Impact of health insurance on access to health services, health services use, and health status in Peru / Ricardo Bitran -- The impact of health insurance on use, spending, and health in Indonesia / Facundo Cuevas and Susan W. Parker -- The impact of rural mutual health care on health care use, financial risk protection, and health status in rural China / Winnie Yip and William Hsiao -- Colombia-taking 16 years to do what took Europe 100 / Ursula Giedion and Yadira Diaz -- Main findings, research issues, and policy implications.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access restriction	Available only to authorized users.
Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/form	Electronic books.
LCCN	2010038233
ISBN	9780815705468 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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