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...

Front Cover -- Book Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface to the Second Edition -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: The Challenge: Obtaining High-Quality, Affordable Health Care -- The Good: Innovation -- The Bad: High Costs and a Large Uninsured Population -- High Costs: No...

"Volume 1 describes and discusses China's ambitious and complex journey of health care reform since 2009. The Chinese government has achieved universal health insurance coverage and has embarked on reforms of the service delivery system and provider payment methods that are aimed at controlling...