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Can Social Health Insurance Be Successfully Introduced and Expanded in Papua New Guinea?

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dc.contributor.authorWorld Bank Group
dc.date.accessioned2015-09-11T16:55:46Z
dc.date.available2015-09-11T16:55:46Z
dc.date.issued2015-01
dc.description.abstractCross-country comparisons have identified several enabling conditions required to ensure the sustainability of payroll tax-based systems. These are: (i) a large formal labour market; (ii) a growing economy; (iii) an administrative capacity for collection; and (iv) good regulatory and oversight structures. Political willingness is another important factor. The brief below discusses in detail the technical enabling conditions in the context to introduce and expand social health insurance in Papua New Guinea (PNG). Successful introduction of social health insurance (SHI) financing in PNG will, in part, depend on the feasibility of expanding coverage to the entire population, including the informal sector. A second important factor is how an increase in contribution rates will affect labour and capital markets. Expanding SHI coverage to the informal sector will be challenging in almost all contexts. The population in the formal sector is relatively easy to enrol and collect contributions from due to the availability of employment earnings records. The population in the informal sector is typically not affiliated with any organisation from which to enrol and collect premiums. They are also poorer and less able to afford premiums.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/01/23175141/can-social-health-insurance-successfully-introduced-expanded-papua-new-guinea
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/22585
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/22585
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseriesHealth, nutrition, and population global practice knowledge brief;
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subjectACTUARIES
dc.subjectADVERSE SELECTION
dc.subjectCONTRIBUTION RATES
dc.subjectEMPLOYMENT
dc.subjectEXPANSION OF COVERAGE
dc.subjectHEALTH CARE
dc.subjectHEALTH CARE COSTS
dc.subjectHEALTH FINANCING
dc.subjectHEALTH FINANCING MECHANISM
dc.subjectHEALTH INSURANCE PROGRAM
dc.subjectHEALTH POLICY
dc.subjectHEALTH SPENDING
dc.subjectHEALTH SYSTEMS
dc.subjectHUMAN RESOURCES
dc.subjectINFORMAL SECTOR
dc.subjectINFORMATION SYSTEMS
dc.subjectINSURANCE COVERAGE
dc.subjectINSURANCE MARKET
dc.subjectLAWS
dc.subjectNUTRITION
dc.subjectPRIVATE INSURANCE
dc.subjectPROGRAMS
dc.subjectSOCIAL HEALTH INSURANCE
dc.subjectSOCIAL INSURANCE
dc.subjectSUSTAINABILITY
dc.subjectWORKERS
dc.titleCan Social Health Insurance Be Successfully Introduced and Expanded in Papua New Guinea?en
dc.typeBriefen
dc.typeFichefr
dc.typeResumenes
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okr.date.disclosure2015-01-07
okr.date.doiregistration2025-04-29T10:27:33.720088Z
okr.doctypePublications & Research
okr.doctypePublications & Research::Brief
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/01/23175141/can-social-health-insurance-successfully-introduced-expanded-papua-new-guinea
okr.globalpracticeHealth, Nutrition, and Population
okr.guid343111468097164828
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum000442464_20150107094603
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum23175141
okr.identifier.report92699
okr.language.supporteden
okr.pdfurlhttp://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/WDSContentServer/WDSP/IB/2015/01/07/000442464_20150107094603/Rendered/PDF/926990REVISED000HFO0Brief0SHI0Final.pdfen
okr.region.administrativeEast Asia and Pacific
okr.region.countryPapua New Guinea
okr.topicHealth, Nutrition and Population::Health Economics & Finance
okr.topicHealth, Nutrition and Population::Health Monitoring & Evaluation
okr.topicHealth, Nutrition and Population::Health Systems Development & Reform
okr.topicLaw and Development::Health Law
okr.topicLaw and Development::Insurance Law
okr.unitHealth, Nutrition, and Population (HNP) Global Practice
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