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Social Reinsurance : A New Approach to Sustainable Community Health Financing

By: World Bank, David M. Dror (Editor), Alexander S. Preker (Editor)

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This volume views community-based microinsurance as an incremental first step to improved financial protection and better access to health services for the poor. While community-based financing can be structured in various ways, this volume focuses on reinsurance as a mechanism for improving micro-level health insurance units. It outlines strategies and policies that can be applied by countries and donors to improve access to health care services.

Foreword
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations and Acronyms
Introductionp. 1
Development Challenges in Health Care Financingp. 19
Rich-Poor Differences in Health Care Financingp. 21
The Role of Communities in Combating Social Exclusionp. 37
Insurance, Microinsurance, and Reinsurancep. 57
Introduction to Insurance and Reinsurance Coveragep. 59
From Microfinance to Micro Health Insurancep. 75
Health Insurance and Reinsurance at the Community Levelp. 103
To Insure or Not to Insure? Reflections on the Limits of Insurabilityp. 125
A Model of Microinsurance and Reinsurancep. 153
Local Consensus and Estimates of Medical Riskp. 187
Insurance and Market Failure at the Microinsurance Levelp. 203
Implementation Issuesp. 223
Building Capacity and Strengthening Implementation at the Community Levelp. 225
Role of Central Governments in Furthering Social Goals through Microinsurance Unitsp. 245
Regulatory Environment for Microinsurance and Reinsurancep. 267
Role of Subsidies in Microinsurance: Closing the "Recovery Gap"p. 277
Linking Ability and Willingness to Contribute to Microinsurancep. 293
Creating a Favorable Market Environment for Microinsurance at the Community Levelp. 303
Minimum Accounting and Statistical Frameworkp. 313
Toward a Reinsurance Pilot in the Philippinesp. 327
Social Health Insurance in the Philippines: A Review of the Contextp. 329
Epidemiological Data on Health Risks in the Philippinesp. 353
Attitudes toward Solidarity, Risk, and Insurance in the Rural Philippinesp. 377
Structuring Demand and Supply in Community Health in Philippine Insurancep. 395
Actuarial Assessment of the ORT Health Plus Scheme in the Philippinesp. 413
Assessment of Piloting Social Reinsurance in the Philippinesp. 423
Data Template: A Framework for Accounting and Statisticsp. 447
Toolkit Users' Manualp. 459
App. C: Glossary of Termsp. 465
About the Coeditors and Contributorsp. 487
Indexp. 495
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ISBN: 9780821350416
ISBN-10: 0821350412
Series: Directions in Development
Audience: Tertiary; University or College
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Number Of Pages: 538
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Dimensions (cm): 26.0 x 17.8  x 3.8
Weight (kg): 1.225