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Beyond survival : protecting households from health shocks in Latin America / Cristián C. Baeza, Truman G. Packard.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Baeza, Cristián.
- Series:
- Latin American development forum
- Latin American development forum series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Medical care, Cost of.
- Medical policy.
- Physical Description:
- xxii, 170 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Palo Alto, Calif. : Stanford Economics and Finance/Stanford University Press ; Washington, DC : World Bank, [2006]
- Summary:
- Beyond Survival: Protecting Households from Health Shocks breaks new ground in the ongoing debate about health finance and financial protection from the costs of health care. The book reviews existing and new evidence on the mechanisms and magnitude of impoverishing effects of health events (diseases, accidents and life cycle health events), and the importance of public policy to prevent such impoverishing. The book reviews options for policy makers on how to protect and help household to protect themselves against these impoverishing effects.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 155-162) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0804756740
- 0804756759
- 0821365711
- OCLC:
- 66527303
- Publisher Number:
- 9780821365711
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