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Universal health coverage for inclusive and sustainable development : a synthesis of 11 country case studies / Akiko Maeda, Edson Correia Araujo, Cheryl Cashin, Joseph Harris, Naoki Ikegami, and Michael Reich.

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Universal health coverage for inclusive and sustainable development : a synthesis of 11 country case studies / Akiko Maeda, Edson Correia Araujo, Cheryl Cashin, Joseph Harris, Naoki Ikegami, and Michael Reich.
Author
Maeda, Akiko,
Publication
Washington, DC : The World Bank, 2014.

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Additional Authors
  • Cashin, Cheryl,
  • Harris, Joseph, 1976 August 23-
  • Ikegami, Naoki, 1949-
  • Reich, Michael, 1950-
  • World Bank issuing body.
Description
xv, 55 pages : illustrations; 26 cm.
Series Statement
Directions in development
Uniform Title
Directions in development (Washington, D.C.)
Subject
  • Economic Development
  • Health Expenditures
  • Health Policy
  • Health Services Accessibility > economics
  • Health services accessibility > Economic aspects
  • Healthcare Financing
  • Medical care > Finance
  • Medical policy
  • Universal Health Insurance
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Goals of universal health coverage -- Opportunities : UHC contributes to inclusive and sustainable development -- Challenges : adopt, achieve, and sustain -- Objectives and scope of the study -- Framework for analysis -- Emerging lessons from country experiences -- Special country feature Japan's experience in achieving and sustaining UHC -- UHC lessons in political economy and policy process -- Adopting UHC : crises, strong leaders, and social movements all contribute -- Achieving UHC : incrementally and with equity -- Sustaining UHC : responsive, adaptive, and resilient -- UHC lessons in health financing -- Raising revenues -- Managing expenditures well and ensuring value for money -- Managing risk pooling and redistribution of resources -- UHC lessons in health service delivery and human resources for health -- Increasing the production of qualified health workers -- Ensuring equitable distribution of health workers -- Improving health worker performance -- Cross-cutting issues -- Key issues for countries in the four groups.
ISBN
  • 9781464802973 (alk. paper)
  • 1464802971 (alk. paper)
  • 9781464802980 (eISBN)
  • 146480298X (eISBN)
LCCN
^^2014019542
OCLC
880404054
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library