Financing Health Care in East Asia and the Pacific : Best Practices and Remaining Challenges

The East Asia and Pacific region is characterized by wide variations in sources of healthcarefinancing, pooling of funds, purchasing of care services, and the extent to which thesepolicy instruments and programs provide social protection. Existing healthcare financingsystems in the region are under increasing pressure from a continued prevalence ofcommunicable diseases, an emergence of non communicable diseases, and a rapidlyaging population.Large inequalities between the poor and the prosperous in their access to healthcarefinancing mechanisms can be reformed and strengthened to improve outco

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Year of publication:	2011
Authors:	Langenbrunner, John C.
Other Persons:	Somanathan, Aparnaa (contributor)
Publisher:	Washington : World Bank Publications
Subject:	Ostasien \| East Asia \| Asiatisch-pazifischer Raum \| Asia-Pacific region \| Gesundheitsfinanzierung \| Health care financing \| Krankenversicherung \| Health insurance
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Extent:	Online-Ressource (356 p.)
Series:	Directions in Development ; human development
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	Description based upon print version of record Contents; Acknowledgments; About the Book; Abbreviations; Chapter 1 Overview; Chapter 2 Understanding the Macroeconomic Context and the Health Sectors in East Asia and the Pacific; Chapter 3 Importance of Investing in Health and a Framework for Managing and Using Funds; Chapter 4 Mobilization of Revenues for Health; Chapter 5 Pooling and Management of Funds; Chapter 6 Resource Allocation and Purchasing; Chapter 7 Connecting Financing and Delivery of Services: Institutional and Organizational Characteristics in East Asian and Pacific Countries Chapter 8 Assessing Performance in East Asia and the Pacific: Efficiency and Equity of Health FinancingAppendix A National Health Account Activity in East Asia and the Pacific; Appendix B Medical Tourism in East Asia and the Pacific; Appendix C Health Financing in East Asia and the Pacific: Review of Project Appraisal Documents; Index; Boxes; Figures; Tables;
ISBN:	978-0-8213-8682-8 ; 978-0-8213-8736-8
Other identifiers:	hdl:10986/2321 [Handle]
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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