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Background: India reports the highest number of cases of tuberculosis (TB) in India. Patients with TB employ negative financial coping mechanisms (dissaving) to make up for the costs of care.
Mihir Rupani, Sheetal Vyas
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Introduction Many schemes have been implemented by the government of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic to provide equity in health service utilisation. Initially, health service utilisations were fully supported by the government and were subsequently
Somdeth Bodhisane +1 more
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Why protect financial markets?
The purpose of this paper is to estimate the benefits from adopting close-out netting to decrease the exposure to counterparty risk across the world markets and to establish the additional benefits from central counterparties towards decreasing counterparty risk.
Maria Carapeto, Mauricio Acosta
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Valuing Protection against Health-Related Financial Risks [PDF]
There is strong interest in both developing and developed countries toward expanding health insurance coverage. How should the benefits, and costs, of expanded coverage be measured? While the value of reducing the financial risks that result from insurance coverage have long been recognized, there has been less attention in how best to measure such ...
Skinner, Jonathan +2 more
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WHAT'S BETTER FOR THE WORKERS FROM JIU VALLEY MINING AREA - A UNIT-LINKED OR A TRADITIONAL INSURANCE? [PDF]
The purpose of this paper is to determine the best type of insurance and the factors that influence the decision of workers from the mining sector, to purchase a life insurance policy and provide financial protection in the most difficult times of their ...
ANA PREDA, SIMONA CUCĂILĂ
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Background: India is taking steps to provide Universal Health Coverage (UHC). Out-of-pocket (OOP) health care payment is the most important mechanism for health care payment in India.
Shyamkumar Sriram, Muayad Albadrani
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Background Microinsurance or Community-Based Health Insurance is a promising healthcare financing mechanism, which is increasingly applied to aid rural poor persons in low-income countries.
Doyle Conor +4 more
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Making Health Insurance Pro-poor: Lessons from 20 Developing Countries
The last 20 years have seen a substantial growth in research on the extent to which health sector reforms are pro-poor or pro-rich. What has been missing is knowledge synthesis work to derive operational lessons from the empirical research.
Julia Watson +2 more
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Consumer protection in financial institutions
The relationship between financial institutions and customers is like two sides of a coin. On one hand, it is mutually beneficial, but on the other hand, this relationship can lead to mutual harm. Customers of financial institutions have a medium for a long-term relationships.
Suwinto Johan, Ariawan Ariawan
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Will the Quest for UHC be Derailed?
COVID-19 has shocked all countries’ economic and health systems. The combined direct health impact and the current macro-fiscal picture present real and present risks to health financing that facilitate progress toward universal health coverage (UHC ...
Susan P. Sparkes +5 more
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