Balancing public and private health care systems : the Sub-saharan African experience /

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Author / Creator:	Quaye, Randolph.
Imprint:	Lanham, Md. : University Press of America, 2010.
Description:	1 online resource (x, 72 pages) : illustrations
Language:	English
Subject:	Medical care -- Africa, Sub-Saharan. Medical economics -- Africa, Sub-Saharan. MEDICAL -- Health Risk Assessment. MEDICAL -- Epidemiology. Medical care. Medical economics. Delivery of Health Care -- Africa South of the Sahara. Economics, Medical -- Africa South of the Sahara. Sub-Saharan Africa. Electronic books. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11300362

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ISBN:	9780761849315 0761849319 9780761849308 0761849300
Digital file characteristics:	data file
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 65-67) and index. Print version record.
Summary:	"Balancing Public and Private Health Care Systems appears at a timely moment, given widespread current discussion about equity in healthy care and the role of the state in healthcare planning. In response to the World Bank recommendation that the principle of cost recovery be included in healthcare financing strategies, African countries embraced the principle of public-private partnerships in healthcare. It was argued then, and still now, that a way out of their health conundrum is for governments to play a smaller role in healthcare. The present book explores the different financing arrangements in Ghana, Tanzania, and Uganda. It introduces new scholarship on post-colonial healthcare strategies in Africa, especially during a decade of market-oriented healthcare reform. Drawing upon current research and case studies, as well as recent work by the author himself on African healthcare systems, this book sets out to analyze the implications of the various strategies for the future of healthcare financing in Africa."--Jacket.
Other form:	Print version: Quaye, Randolph. Balancing public and private health care systems. Lanham, Md. : University Press of America, 2010 9780761849308
Standard no.:	9786612480065

Table of Contents:

Crisis and change in African health care financing systems
Market reforms in health care and the role of the state
User fees : a special issue for health care delivery in Africa
Health care financing in Uganda : the role of social health insurance
Balancing public and private health care in Tanzania
Health care financing in Ghana : role of the national health insurance scheme
The role of community health funding in health care access in Africa : lessons from Tanzania
Health care financing strategies : lessons from abroad.

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