Health Insurance / / Aida Isabel Tavares, editor.

Health insurance is the mechanism used to cover medical expenses for illness, injuries, and other health conditions. There are a variety of health insurance systems in the world. A major challenge for low- and middle-income countries is the provision of universal health coverage (UHC), which is the...

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Place / Publishing House:London : : IntechOpen,, 2022.
Year of Publication:2022
Language:English
Physical Description:1 online resource (202 pages) :; illustrations
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Toward Universal Health Coverage: The Role of Health Insurance System
  • 2. The Advantage of Single-Payer National Insurance
  • 3. Health Insurance for Economically Disadvantaged People in LMICs: What are the Best Options?
  • 4. National Health Insurance, the Informal Sector, and Elements of a New Social Contract in the 2019 UHC Act of the Philippines
  • 5. An Assessment of the Effect National Health Insurance Scheme Capitation Payment to the Healthcare Facilities in Yobe State
  • 6. Complementary Health Insurance in Slovenia
  • 7. Voluntary Private Health Insurance Demand by Older People in a National Health Service, the Case of Portugal
  • 8. Health Insurance in the United States: Failure of Private and Multi-Payer Financing
  • 9. Value-Based Contracting in Health Care
  • 10. Socio-Economic Considerations of Universal Health Coverage: Focus on the Concept of Health Care Value and Medical Treatment Price.