Social Health Insurance for Developing Nations

Good health is necessary for well-being but also has another critical impact: it causes poverty, in that large health expenditures can bankrupt families. Many nations are now hoping that formally mandated social health insurance (SHI), involving pa...

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Main Authors: Hsiao, William C., Shaw, R. Paul
Other Authors: Fraker, Andrew
Language:English
en_US
Published: Washington, DC: World Bank 2012
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/01/8517127/social-health-insurance-developing-nations
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6860