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Innovations in Health Care Financing in Low and Middle Income Countries
Kara Hanson (Ed.)
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Hardback. Low- and middle-income countries face major challenges to their health systems. These include a high burden of communicable disease and an emerging non-communicable disease burden. This work deals with the elements of health care financing, focusing on middle- and low-income settings. Editor(s): Hanson, Kara; Chernichovsky, Dov. Series: Advances in Health Economics and Health Services Research. Num Pages: 220 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: KCQ; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 32. Weight in Grams: 653.
Low- and middle-income countries face major challenges to their health systems. These include a high burden of communicable disease and an emerging non-communicable disease burden. Coverage of effective services and interventions is inadequate and often constrained by funding availability. At the same time, the international financing environment is changing rapidly, with new funding streams becoming available in part as a response to the challenges of meeting the Millennium Development Goals. These countries have taken a diversity of approaches to health care financing policies and programs to face the old and emerging challenges. This is increasingly accompanied by conceptual and applied ... Read more
Low- and middle-income countries face major challenges to their health systems. These include a high burden of communicable disease and an emerging non-communicable disease burden. Coverage of effective services and interventions is inadequate and often constrained by funding availability. At the same time, the international financing environment is changing rapidly, with new funding streams becoming available in part as a response to the challenges of meeting the Millennium Development Goals. These countries have taken a diversity of approaches to health care financing policies and programs to face the old and emerging challenges. This is increasingly accompanied by conceptual and applied ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Emerald Publishing Limited United Kingdom
Number of pages
220
Condition
New
Series
Advances in Health Economics and Health Services Research
Number of Pages
220
Place of Publication
Bingley, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781848556645
SKU
V9781848556645
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