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Hsiao, William C.

Social health insurance for developing nations / William C. Hsiao and R. Paul Shaw, with contributions by Andrew Fraker, Piya Hanvoravongchai, Matthew Jowett,Diana Pinto,Srekanth Ramachandra. - xi, 172 page : illustrations, maps ; 27 cm.

Introduction, context, and theory / William C. Hsiao and R. Paul Shaw -- Design and implementation of social health insurance / William C. Hsiao -- Kenya: designing social health insurance / Andrew Fraker and William C. Hsiao -- Ghana: initiating social health insurance / Sreekanth Ramachandra and William C. Hsiao -- The Philippines: extending coverage beyond the formal sector / Matthew Jowett and William C. Hsiao -- Colombia: social health insurance with managed competition to improve health care delivery / Diana Pinto and William C. Hsiao -- Thailand: achieving universal coverage with social health insurance / Piya Hanvoravongchai and William C. Hsiao -- Lessons learned and policy implications / William C. Hsiao and R. Paul Shaw.

ISBN: 9780821369494 (pbk.) 0821369490 (pbk.)

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Insurance, Health
Social Security--economics
Health Policy

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Developing countries

National Library of Medicine Call No.: W 225.1 / H873 2007