Financing Healthcare in Indonesia

Singapore’s healthcare financing: Some challenges

Based on the principle of individual responsibility and affordability Singapore has developed a unique healthcare model that has produced outstanding health outcomes per dollar spent. Data analysis shows that healthcare financing in Singapore is nevertheless highly dependent on individual income levels despite the presence of substantial government subsidies. Moreover, the key me...

Capitation in Healthcare Financing in Ghana.

OBJECTIVE To analyse implementation of the pilot study of the per capita system of healthcare financing in Ghana in 2012 for a determination of the likelihood of realising the inherent theoretical benefits when the system is rolled out nationally. DESIGN AND SETTING First, publicly available information on how the pilot unfolded is presented, followed by the reaction of the health authorities...

Intellectual and Developmental Disability: Healthcare Financing

1 The Resource Exchange, Colorado Springs, CO, USA 2 National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Jerusalem, Israel 3 Health Services, Division for Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, Ministry of Social Affairs and Social Services, Jerusalem, Israel 4 Division of Pediatrics, Hadassah Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel 5 Kentucky Children’s Hospital, Univer...

Optimal Healthcare Spending with Redistributive Financing

Sharing the Load: Amish Healthcare Financing

When settling healthcare bills, the Old Order Amish of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania rely on an ethos of mutual aid, independent of the government. Consonant with this philosophy, many Amish do not participate in or receive benefits from Social Security or Medicare. They are also exempted from the Affordable Care Act of 2010. This study expands the limited documentation of Amish Hospital Aid, ...