TY - BOOK AU - Gottret, Pablo, ed. AU - Schieber, George J., ed. AU - Waters, Hugh J., ed. TI - Good practices in health financing: lessons from reforms in low and middle-income countries SN - 9780821375112 U1 - 362.104252091724 PY - 2008/// CY - Washington PB - World Bank KW - Medical care--Finance KW - Medical care, Cost of KW - Medical policy--Economic aspects KW - Developing countries KW - Health care reform--Economic aspects KW - Health status indicators N1 - 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 ER -