. In an effort to reduce financial risk and make health care more affordable, the Government of China recently began …China's old rural Cooperative Medical Scheme (CMS) all but collapsed following the economic reforms of the early 1980s … piloting of a new voluntary health insurance scheme for rural areas, commonly referred to as the New Cooperative Medical Scheme …

Vietnam's health system since Doi Moi -- Recent trends in Vietnam's health sector's performance -- Health insurance … -- Reforming health insurance -- Service delivery -- Reforming service delivery -- Decentralization and government stewardship …

In the mid-2000s, India began rolling out large-scale, publicly-financed health insurance schemes mostly targeting the … period, Maharashtra did not introduce any at-scale health initiative that was not also introduced in Andhra Pradesh. Andhra … Pradesh other health initiatives were considerably less ambitious and costly than Aarogyasri. The paper finds that Andhra …

In the mid-2000s, India began rolling out large-scale, publicly-financed health insurance schemes mostly targeting the … period, Maharashtra did not introduce any at-scale health initiative that was not also introduced in Andhra Pradesh. Andhra … Pradesh other health initiatives were considerably less ambitious and costly than Aarogyasri. The paper finds that Andhra …

reforming the country's health system. Options for expanding coverage to 100 percent of the population are compared. The issue … discussed, as is the issue of how to put downward pressure on the cost of health care. The book also looks at the issues of how … also looks at the issue of stewardship, what different parts of government (the health ministry, the health insurer, and so …

Vietnam's successes in the health sector are legendary. Its rates of infant and under-five mortality are comparable to … those of countries with substantially higher per capita incomes. Vietnam continues to be an over-achiever in the health … sector according to data assembled in this book. Like other countries, though, Vietnam faces challenges in its health system …