Attacking inequality in the health sector : a synthesis of evidence and tools / Abdo S. Yazbeck.

  • Yazbeck, Abdo.
Date:
[2009], ©2009
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Publication/Creation

Washington, DC : World Bank, [2009], ©2009.

Physical description

xxiv, 308 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references (p. 289-294) and index.

Contents

An unacceptable reality -- Approaching a complex and persistent problem -- The importance of "listening" -- A menu of pro-poor policies -- Brazil, filling the cracks in universal coverage -- Cambodia: contracting with nongovernmental organizations to serve the poor -- Cambodia: health equity fund for the poor -- Chile: integrated services program for the poor -- Colombia: expanding health insurance for the poor -- India: community-based health care services -- Indonesia: health cards for the poor -- Kenya: expanding immunization reach through campaigns -- The Kyrgyz Republic: health financing reform and the poor -- Mexico: paying the poor to use health services -- Mexico: providing subsidized health insurance to the poor -- Nepal: participatory planning -- Rwanda: community-based health insurance -- Tanzania: social marketing for malaria prevention -- Vigilance.

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    Medical Collection
    WA395 2009Y35a
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ISBN

  • 9780821374443
  • 0821374443
  • 9780821377406
  • 082137740X