Lao PDR has made notable progress in improving maternal health, with materanal mortality decreasing from 1,600 per 100 … addressed - the low utilization of maternal health (MH) services and weak financial protection, especially among the lower … wealth quintiles, in order to improve the level and equity of maternal health. In order to address these financial barriers …

Human capital is the combination of knowledge, skills and health that people accumulate throughout their lives, which … quality and availability of maternal and child health services more generally. Simply put, countries which invest heavily in …, the government of Malawi is implementing its ambitious Second Health Sector Strategic Plan (2017-2022) and an aligned …

This volume contains thirteen papers prepared for the World Bank Conference on Innovations in Health Care Financing … for financing health care systems in developing countries. …

The appropriate role of the state in health is complex both in economic theory and in practice. Theory identifies three …); and failings peculiar to insurance markets for health care (where both inefficiency and inequity arise). The insurance … to finance an increasing share of health care as incomes rise. …

This paper surveys health reform in the former Soviet countries of Central Asia. Reform efforts are evaluated in the … context of achieving the goals of improving people's health status, maintaining acces and equity, improving efficiency …

The World Bank has become the world's largest lender in the health, nutrition, and population (HNP) sectors, requiring … on the causes of observed changes in health and fertility levels, on the evaluation of policies, and on programs designed … sectors, the characteristics of a health care system, household behavior, and changes in health outcomes. The paper also …

Health care demand price elasticies are often estimated from samples conditioned to include only sike people. This …