The study examines the effect of health care reform in Bulgaria in 1999 on the equity of health care financing. It … explores the distribution of different types of health care financing by income. Furthermore, it separates the financial and … distinguishing between financially based and "exclusion based" reasons for having progressive/regressive health care financing …

While public education is often intended to be progressive in its effects on income distribution, in reality its … in appropriating a larger share of public education spending thereby preventing inequality reduction. The empirical part … provides tentative support for this view, showing that the progressiveness of public education spending is related to the …

Many Asian countries (such as China, Singapore, Korea, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, India, and the Philippines) will … establish an adequate and farsighted policy framework in the areas of pensions, health insurance, and labor market policies. …

In Italy, health care budget ceilings are not effective. The poor control by the central government results in … the game and strengthen controls on local health authorities. Full fiscal responsibility should be extended to local …

will need to be addressed to cope with the mounting pressures on public retirement and health care systems during the next …

address issues concerning health sector policy and when they have significant macroeconomic implications. Such issues can also … affect equity and growth and are fundamental to any strategy of poverty reduction. The primer highlights the appropriate … roles for the state and market in health care financing and provision. It also suggests the situations in which …

Despite the increasing interest in universal health care, little is known about the optimal way to finance, design, and … health care, certain preconditions are needed, including sound public administration, a small informal economy, and a … transparent health financing system that builds social consensus. …