Social Health Insurance
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Contents Introduction 2 1. Poverty, health and international development goals 4 case study China 6 case study Brazil 7 2. Models of health care financing 8 case study Chile 12 case study India 13 3. .Basic values and core principles of social health insurance systems 14 case study South Korea 15 3.1. Solidarity 16 3.2. Plurality of function and organisation 16 3.3. Self-administration and codetermination 17 3.4. Decentralisation and subsidiarity 18 4. The state and the private sector in the health market 19 5. Economic implications of social health insurance 21 6. Social health insurance: A model for developing countries? 24 7. Successful implementation 28 7.1. Developing country-specific solutions 28 7.2. Designing the basic benefits package 29 7.3. Inclusion in social security systems and sustainable financing 30 case study Paraguay 31 case study Tanzania 32 7.4. Good governance and accountability 34 case study Russia 35 7.5. Societal consensus and public acceptance 35 case study Kenya 37 7.6. Sectoral and multisectoral coordination of reform efforts 38 8. Summary 39
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