Governments in many low- and middle-income countries are developing health insurance products as a complement to tax-funded, subsidized provision of health care through publicly operated facilities. This paper discusses two rationales for this transition. First, health insurance would boost...

Governments in many low- and middle-income countries are developing health insurance products as a complement to tax-funded, subsidized provision of health care through publicly operated facilities. This paper discusses two rationales for this transition. First, health insurance would boost...

Abstract: Mezzanine-Märkte sind Versicherungsmärkte für medizinische Leistungen und Produkte, deren Kosten aufgrund einer Kosten-Nutzen-Bewertung künftig nicht oder nur teilweise von der gesetzlichen Basiskrankenversicherung übernommen werden. Die Autoren schlagen vor, diese Märkte auch...

1. Achieving universal health coverage through a multi-layered social health insurance system -- 2. Population ageing and epidemiologic transitions in China -- 3. Healthcare system in the pre-reform era -- 4. Phases of health insurance reform -- 5. A multi-layered health insurance system :...

section 1. Introduction : setting the context -- section 2. Functional description of the U.S. health and medical care system -- section 3. Political and economic values and health care financing -- section 4. Health care reform in the United States : targeted programs and consequences.