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A collection of comparative case studies analysing the history, politics and performance of private health insurance globally and its implications for universal health coverage.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
1. Why private health insurance? Sarah Thomson, Anna Sagan and Elias Mossialos; 2. Private finance publicly subsidized: the case of Australian health insurance Jane Hall, Denzil G. Fiebig and Keens van Gool; 3. Private health insurance in Brazil, Egypt and India Maria Dolores Montoya Diaz, Noah Haber, Philipa Mladovsky, Emma Pitchforth, Wael Fayek Saleh and Flavia Mori Sarti; 4. Private health insurance in Canada Jeremiah Hurley and G. Emmanuel Guindon; 5. Regulating private health insurance: France's attempt at getting it all Agnès Couffinhal and Carine Franc; 6. Statutory and private health insurance in Germany and Chile: two stories of coexistence and conflict Stefanie Ettelt and Andres Roman-Urrestarazu; 7. Uncovering the complex role of private health insurance in Ireland Brian Turner and Samantha Smith; 8. Integrating public and private insurance in the Israeli health system: an attempt to reconcile conflicting values Shuli Brammli-Greenberg, Ruth Waitzberg and Revital Gross; 9. Private health insurance in Japan, Republic of Korea and Taiwan, China Soonman Kwon, Naoki Ikegami and Yue-Chune Lee; 10. The role of private health insurance in financing health care in Kenya David Muthaka; 11. Private health insurance in the Netherlands Hans Maarse and Patrick Jeurissen; 12. The challenges of pursuing private health insurance in low- and middle-income countries: lessons from South Africa Di McIntyre and Heather McLeod; 13. Undermining risk pooling by individualizing benefits: the use of medical savings accounts in South Africa Heather McLeod and Di McIntyre; 14. Consumer-driven health insurance in Switzerland, where politics is governed by federalism and direct democracy Luca Crivelli; 15. Regression to the increasingly mean? Private health insurance in the United States of America Lawrence D. Brown and Sherry A Glied; 16. Health savings accounts in the United States of America Sherry A. Glied, Dan P. Ly and Lawrence D. Brown.
Über den Autor / die Autorin
Sarah Thomson is a Senior Health Financing Specialist at the WHO Barcelona Office for Health Systems Strengthening.Anna Sagan is a Research Fellow at the European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies.Elias Mossialos is Brian Abel-Smith Professor of Health Policy, Head of the Department of Health Policy and Director of LSE Health at the London School of Economics and Political Science.
Zusammenfassung
A collection of comparative case studies analysing the history, politics and performance of private health insurance globally and its implications for universal health coverage. This is essential reading for graduate students, scholars and policy makers working on health systems financing worldwide.
Zusatztext
'This book is an extraordinary resource for individuals eager to understand the varied roles of private health insurance around the world. The permutations of private insurance are numerous, with each country developing a unique system to serve alongside publicly-funded coverage. The editors and authors provide an informative guided tour, clearly explaining current practices and problems; and also offering thoughtful suggestions on how to anticipate and minimize the potential downsides of private insurance on the long road to more equitable and efficient health care financing.' Jim G. Kahn, University of California San Francisco
