Good practices in health financing: lessons from reforms in low and middle-income countries/ edited by Pablo Gottret, George J. Schieber, and Hugh R. Waters - Washington: World Bank, 2008. - xxiv, 504 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

pt. 1. Assessing Good Practice in Health Financing Reform --
1. Introduction --
2. Health Financing Functions --
3. Criteria for Denning "Good Practice" and Choosing Country Cases --
4. Summaries of Country Cases --
5. Enabling Factors for Expanding Coverage --
pt. 2. Nine Case Studies of Good Practice in Health Financing Reform --
6. Chile: Good Practice in Expanding Health Care Coverage Lessons from Reforms / Ricardo D. Bitran and Gonzalo C. Urcullo --
7. Colombia: Good Practices in Expanding Health Care Coverage / Diana Masis Pinto --
8. Costa Rica: "Good Practice" in Expanding Health Care Coverage Lessons from Reforms in Low- and Middle-Income Countries / James Cercone and Jose Pacheco Jimenez --
9. Estonia: "Good Practice" in Expanding Health Care Coverage / Triin Habicht and Jarno Habicht --
10. Kyrgyz Republic: Good Practices in Expanding Health Care Coverage, 1991-2006 / Melitta Jakab and Elina Manjieva --
11. Sri Lanka: "Good Practice" in Expanding Health Care Coverage / Ravi P. Rannan-Eliya and Lankani Sikurajapathy --
12. Thailand: Good Practice in Expanding Health Coverage Lessons from the Thai Health Care Reforms / Suwit Wibulpolprasert and Suriwan Thaiprayoon --
13. Tunisia: "Good Practice" in Expanding Health Care Coverage Lessons from Reforms in a Country in Transition / Chokri Arfa and Hedi Achouri --
14. Vietnam: "Good Practice" in Expanding Health Care Coverage Lessons from Reform in Low- and Middle-Income Countries / Bjorn Ekman and Sarah Bales.

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