Global Marketplace for Private Health Insurance : Strength in Numbers

The development challenges of addressing health problems in low- and middle-income countries are daunting but not insurmountable. There are now known and affordable interventions to deal with many aspects of the HIV/AIDS crisis as well as the continued challenge posed by malaria and other major infe...

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Main Authors:	Preker, Alexander S., Zweifel, Peter, Schellekens, Onno P.
Format:	Publication
Language:	en_US
Published:	Washington, DC: World Bank 2013
Subjects:	access to health care adequate care Adverse Selection applicable law capital requirements Care Access chronic diseases collection of contributions Community Health community rating consumers Cost Sharing cost-effectiveness delivery of health services Demand for Health Demand for Insurance disasters Drug Administration families FEASIBILITY STUDIES financial consequences Financial Impact Financial Markets Financial Protection financial reporting financial resources financial risk financing health care formal labor market Group Insurance Health Care Health Care Financing health care insurance health care system Health Economics Health Expenditure Health Expenditures Health Financing Health Insurance Health Insurance Coverage Health Insurance Industry Health Insurance Market health insurance markets Health Insurance Plans Health Insurance Regulation health insurance schemes health insurance system health insurers health maintenance Health Plan Health Plan Employer Data Health Plans health sector health service providers health services Health Spending Health System health systems Healthcare Hospitals income households inflation informal sector informal sector workers Insurance Arrangements Insurance Expenditures Insurance Markets Insurance Regulations Insurance Reserves insurance systems Insurers International Finance international organizations liberalization Low-Income Countries market failures Medical Association Medical Insurance medical system medical technology Middle East Moral Hazard morbidity mortality national health national health service North Africa nutrition Pocket Payment Pocket Payments premiums prepayment schemes Private Health Insurance Private Insurance Private Insurance Markets private insurers private sector private spending programs Public Expenditure public health public health care public health insurance Public Hospitals public insurance public sector rates regulatory framework Reinsurance risk aversion Risk Management Risk Sharing savings slums social capital social exclusion social health insurance Social Insurance social insurance systems Solvency Solvency Requirements Sub-Saharan Africa Surgery walking Western Europe workers
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spelling	okr-10986-130852021-04-23T14:03:06Z Global Marketplace for Private Health Insurance : Strength in Numbers Preker, Alexander S. Zweifel, Peter Schellekens, Onno P. Preker, Alexander S. Zweifel, Peter Schellekens, Onno P. access to health care adequate care Adverse Selection applicable law capital requirements Care Access chronic diseases collection of contributions Community Health community rating consumers Cost Sharing cost-effectiveness delivery of health services Demand for Health Demand for Insurance disasters Drug Administration families FEASIBILITY STUDIES financial consequences Financial Impact Financial Markets Financial Protection financial reporting financial resources financial risk financing health care formal labor market Group Insurance Health Care Health Care Financing health care insurance health care system Health Economics Health Expenditure Health Expenditures Health Financing Health Insurance Health Insurance Coverage Health Insurance Industry Health Insurance Market health insurance markets Health Insurance Plans Health Insurance Regulation health insurance schemes health insurance system health insurers health maintenance Health Plan Health Plan Employer Data Health Plans health sector health service providers health services Health Spending Health System health systems Healthcare Hospitals income households inflation informal sector informal sector workers Insurance Arrangements Insurance Expenditures Insurance Markets Insurance Regulations Insurance Reserves insurance systems Insurers International Finance international organizations liberalization Low-Income Countries market failures Medical Association Medical Insurance medical system medical technology Middle East Moral Hazard morbidity mortality national health national health service North Africa nutrition Pocket Payment Pocket Payments premiums prepayment schemes Private Health Insurance Private Insurance Private Insurance Markets private insurers private sector private spending programs Public Expenditure public health public health care public health insurance Public Hospitals public insurance public sector rates regulatory framework Reinsurance risk aversion Risk Management Risk Sharing savings slums social capital social exclusion social health insurance Social Insurance social insurance systems Solvency Solvency Requirements Sub-Saharan Africa Surgery walking Western Europe workers The development challenges of addressing health problems in low- and middle-income countries are daunting but not insurmountable. There are now known and affordable interventions to deal with many aspects of the HIV/AIDS crisis as well as the continued challenge posed by malaria and other major infectious diseases. Three major development objectives of health insurance in low- and middle income countries are highlighted in this volume: securing sustainable financing for health care providers that serve the health needs of vulnerable populations; providing financial protection against the impoverishing cost of illness; and reducing social exclusion from organized health financing and delivery systems. Private health insurance schemes can address the needs of the poor and other vulnerable populations with appropriate combinations of subsidies, risk pooling, household savings, and user charges. The authors of this book argue in favor of a multipillar approach to health care financing in low- and middle-income countries that combines these instruments in addressing the underlying development objectives described above, while putting a strong emphasis on private voluntary health insurance. In this way, private means can make a significant contribution to public ends. 2013-04-08T16:20:59Z 2013-04-08T16:20:59Z 2010 978-0-8213-7507-5 10.1596/978-0-8213-7507-5 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/13085 en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank Washington, DC: World Bank Publications & Research :: Publication Publications & Research
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topic	access to health care adequate care Adverse Selection applicable law capital requirements Care Access chronic diseases collection of contributions Community Health community rating consumers Cost Sharing cost-effectiveness delivery of health services Demand for Health Demand for Insurance disasters Drug Administration families FEASIBILITY STUDIES financial consequences Financial Impact Financial Markets Financial Protection financial reporting financial resources financial risk financing health care formal labor market Group Insurance Health Care Health Care Financing health care insurance health care system Health Economics Health Expenditure Health Expenditures Health Financing Health Insurance Health Insurance Coverage Health Insurance Industry Health Insurance Market health insurance markets Health Insurance Plans Health Insurance Regulation health insurance schemes health insurance system health insurers health maintenance Health Plan Health Plan Employer Data Health Plans health sector health service providers health services Health Spending Health System health systems Healthcare Hospitals income households inflation informal sector informal sector workers Insurance Arrangements Insurance Expenditures Insurance Markets Insurance Regulations Insurance Reserves insurance systems Insurers International Finance international organizations liberalization Low-Income Countries market failures Medical Association Medical Insurance medical system medical technology Middle East Moral Hazard morbidity mortality national health national health service North Africa nutrition Pocket Payment Pocket Payments premiums prepayment schemes Private Health Insurance Private Insurance Private Insurance Markets private insurers private sector private spending programs Public Expenditure public health public health care public health insurance Public Hospitals public insurance public sector rates regulatory framework Reinsurance risk aversion Risk Management Risk Sharing savings slums social capital social exclusion social health insurance Social Insurance social insurance systems Solvency Solvency Requirements Sub-Saharan Africa Surgery walking Western Europe workers
spellingShingle	access to health care adequate care Adverse Selection applicable law capital requirements Care Access chronic diseases collection of contributions Community Health community rating consumers Cost Sharing cost-effectiveness delivery of health services Demand for Health Demand for Insurance disasters Drug Administration families FEASIBILITY STUDIES financial consequences Financial Impact Financial Markets Financial Protection financial reporting financial resources financial risk financing health care formal labor market Group Insurance Health Care Health Care Financing health care insurance health care system Health Economics Health Expenditure Health Expenditures Health Financing Health Insurance Health Insurance Coverage Health Insurance Industry Health Insurance Market health insurance markets Health Insurance Plans Health Insurance Regulation health insurance schemes health insurance system health insurers health maintenance Health Plan Health Plan Employer Data Health Plans health sector health service providers health services Health Spending Health System health systems Healthcare Hospitals income households inflation informal sector informal sector workers Insurance Arrangements Insurance Expenditures Insurance Markets Insurance Regulations Insurance Reserves insurance systems Insurers International Finance international organizations liberalization Low-Income Countries market failures Medical Association Medical Insurance medical system medical technology Middle East Moral Hazard morbidity mortality national health national health service North Africa nutrition Pocket Payment Pocket Payments premiums prepayment schemes Private Health Insurance Private Insurance Private Insurance Markets private insurers private sector private spending programs Public Expenditure public health public health care public health insurance Public Hospitals public insurance public sector rates regulatory framework Reinsurance risk aversion Risk Management Risk Sharing savings slums social capital social exclusion social health insurance Social Insurance social insurance systems Solvency Solvency Requirements Sub-Saharan Africa Surgery walking Western Europe workers Preker, Alexander S. Zweifel, Peter Schellekens, Onno P. Global Marketplace for Private Health Insurance : Strength in Numbers
description	The development challenges of addressing health problems in low- and middle-income countries are daunting but not insurmountable. There are now known and affordable interventions to deal with many aspects of the HIV/AIDS crisis as well as the continued challenge posed by malaria and other major infectious diseases. Three major development objectives of health insurance in low- and middle income countries are highlighted in this volume: securing sustainable financing for health care providers that serve the health needs of vulnerable populations; providing financial protection against the impoverishing cost of illness; and reducing social exclusion from organized health financing and delivery systems. Private health insurance schemes can address the needs of the poor and other vulnerable populations with appropriate combinations of subsidies, risk pooling, household savings, and user charges. The authors of this book argue in favor of a multipillar approach to health care financing in low- and middle-income countries that combines these instruments in addressing the underlying development objectives described above, while putting a strong emphasis on private voluntary health insurance. In this way, private means can make a significant contribution to public ends.
author2	Preker, Alexander S.
author_facet	Preker, Alexander S. Preker, Alexander S. Zweifel, Peter Schellekens, Onno P.
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author	Preker, Alexander S. Zweifel, Peter Schellekens, Onno P.
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title	Global Marketplace for Private Health Insurance : Strength in Numbers
title_short	Global Marketplace for Private Health Insurance : Strength in Numbers
title_full	Global Marketplace for Private Health Insurance : Strength in Numbers
title_fullStr	Global Marketplace for Private Health Insurance : Strength in Numbers
title_full_unstemmed	Global Marketplace for Private Health Insurance : Strength in Numbers
title_sort	global marketplace for private health insurance : strength in numbers
publisher	Washington, DC: World Bank
publishDate	2013
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Global Marketplace for Private Health Insurance : Strength in Numbers

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