Health Insurance Handbook : How to Make It Work
| Year of publication: |
2011
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| Authors: | Wang, Hong |
| Other Persons: | Switlick, Kimberly (contributor) ; Ortiz, Christine (contributor) |
| Publisher: |
Washington : World Bank Publications |
| Subject: | Schwellenländer | Emerging economies | Krankenversicherung | Health insurance | Entwicklungsländer | Developing countries | Afrika | Africa |
| Extent: | Online-Ressource (140 p.) |
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| Type of publication: | Book / Working Paper |
| Language: | English |
| Notes: | Description based upon print version of record Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Acronyms and Abbreviations; 1. Introduction; Purpose of This Handbook; Target Audience of This Handbook; Structure of This Handbook; 2. Design Element 1: Feasibility of Health Insurance; Key Concepts; Important Considerations; Sociocultural Factors and National Solidarity; Country Example: Assessing Social Insurance Feasibility in Kenya; Steps to Address This Element; 3. Design Element 2: Choice of Financing Mechanisms; Key Concepts; Important Considerations; Country Example: A Mix of Health Insurance Schemes in Rwanda Steps to Address This Element4. Design Element 3: Population Coverage; Key Concepts; Important Considerations; Country Example: Covering the Poor through Means-Tested Subsidies in Peru; Steps to Address This Element; 5. Design Element 4: Benefits Packages and Cost Containment; Key Concepts; Important Considerations; Country Example: Expanding Access to Primary Services through the Benefits Package in Bolivia; Steps to Address This Element; 6. Design Element 5: Engagement, Selection, and Payment of Health Care Providers; Key Concepts; Important Considerations Country Example: The Impact of Provider Payments on Cost and Quality in ChinaCountry Example: Synergy between PBF and CBHI in Rwanda; Steps to Address This Element; 7. Design Element 6: Organizational Structure; Key Concepts; Important Considerations; Country Example: Many Health Insurance Models and Different Organizational Structures in India; Steps to Address This Element; 8. Design Element 7: Operationalizing Health Insurance; Key Concepts; Important Considerations; Steps to Address This Element; 9. Design Element 8: Monitoring and Evaluation of Health Insurance Schemes; Key Concepts Important ConsiderationsCountry Examples: China and Rwanda; Steps to Address This Element; Notes; Appendixes; Appendix A. Health Insurance and Priority Services: How Do We Make It Work?; Appendix B. Sample Benefits Packages; Appendix C. Current and Future Benefits Package; Appendix D. Additional Reading; References; Recently Published; Forthcoming Publications; Boxes; 2.1. Who Advocates for the Poor?; 2.2. Insurance is a Bad Word; 2.3. National Solidarity and Attitudes toward Redistributive Mechanisms; 3.1. Source of Financing is Not Insurance Destiny; 3.2. Insurance and Free Care 4.1. Colombia: Subsidies to Extend SHI to the Poor4.2. Rwanda: Broad Population Coverage; 4.3. SIS Methodology for Means Testing; 5.1. Kyrgyz Republic: Financing Reforms Reduce Costs for the Poor; 6.1. Pay for Performance; 7.1. Reaching Poor and Rural Communities; A.1. Including Priority Services in Health Insurance: The Case of Family Planning; Figures; 1.1. Design Elements for a Health Insurance Scheme; 2.1. Political Mapping Matrix Sample: Clinton's Health Reform; 4.1. Kyrgyz Republic: Coverage by the National Mandatory Health Insurance Fund 4.2. China: Population-Service Matrix and Financing Status, 1980s and 1990s |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8213-8982-9 ; 978-0-8213-8953-9 ; 978-0-8213-8982-9 |
| Source: | ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW |
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