Langenbrunner, John C.Somanathan, Aparnaa2012-03-192012-03-192011-06-16978-0-8213-8682-8https://hdl.handle.net/10986/2321This is an exciting time in East Asia and the Pacific region. No region will appear to be moving so rapidly. In this dynamic environment, many countries in the region have been approaching the World Bank requesting technical assistance and knowledge about health financing best practices and options. There is great interest in expanding knowledge sharing and learning from other East Asian and Pacific countries about their experiences in health financing. Moreover, some common issues appear to be emerging: universal insurance, options for financing health insurance, institutional setups of health financing options, provider payment mechanisms, equity considerations, ways to reach the poor and impoverished, and ways to meet the challenges of a changing demographics and epidemiologic profile. Under a generous grant from the Health, Nutrition, and population hub in the World Bank in fiscal year 2008, the region was requested to provide an overview of health financing systems in the region. This overview examined the different health financing mechanisms in terms of performance on dimensions of efficiency and equity and in terms of relative roles of government. In addition, the analysis was to identify, gaps in knowledge needing to be addressed strengthen and reform existing health financing mechanisms and thereby expand health coverage and benefits.CC BY 3.0 IGOACCESS TO SERVICESADMINISTRATIVE COSTSADULT LITERACYAGINGALLOCATIVE EFFICIENCYBURDEN OF DISEASECAPITA HEALTH SPENDINGCATASTROPHIC EXPENDITURESCHILD MORTALITYCLEAN WATERCLINICSCOMMUNICABLE DISEASESCOMMUNITY PARTICIPATIONCOST STRUCTURECOST-EFFECTIVENESSCOSTS OF HEALTH CAREDEBTDELIVERY OF HEALTH CAREDELIVERY SYSTEMDELIVERY SYSTEMSDEMAND FOR HEALTHDEMAND FOR HEALTH CAREDEPENDENCY RATIOSDETERMINANTS OF HEALTHDISABILITYDISASTERSDISSEMINATIONDOCTORSEARLY CHILD CAREECONOMIC GROWTHEMPLOYMENTEQUITY IN ACCESSEXTERNALITIESFAMILIESFEE-FOR-SERVICEFERTILITYFERTILITY RATESFINANCIAL BARRIERSFINANCIAL PROTECTIONFINANCIAL RESOURCESFINANCIAL RISKFINANCIAL SECTORFINANCING HEALTH CAREFINANCING OF HEALTH CAREFINANCING POLICIESFORMAL LABOR MARKETGENERAL PRACTICEGLOBAL BUDGETSGROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCTHEALTH CAREHEALTH CARE ALLOCATIONHEALTH CARE COSTSHEALTH CARE DELIVERYHEALTH CARE FINANCINGHEALTH CARE PROVIDERSHEALTH CARE PROVISIONHEALTH CARE REFORMHEALTH CARE SYSTEMHEALTH CARE USEHEALTH COVERAGEHEALTH ECONOMISTSHEALTH EXPENDITUREHEALTH EXPENDITURE PER CAPITAHEALTH EXPENDITURESHEALTH FACILITIESHEALTH FINANCINGHEALTH FINANCING REFORMHEALTH FINANCING SYSTEMHEALTH FOR ALLHEALTH INSURANCEHEALTH INSURANCE FUNDHEALTH INSURANCE FUNDSHEALTH INSURANCE PROGRAMHEALTH INSURANCE SYSTEMHEALTH MAINTENANCEHEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONHEALTH NEEDSHEALTH ORGANIZATIONHEALTH OUTCOMESHEALTH POLICYHEALTH PROVIDERSHEALTH RESOURCESHEALTH SECTORHEALTH SERVICEHEALTH SERVICESHEALTH STATUSHEALTH SYSTEMHEALTH SYSTEMSHEALTH WORKERSHEALTH WORKFORCEHIVHMOHOSPITALHOSPITAL ADMISSIONSHOSPITAL BEDSHOSPITALSHUMAN DEVELOPMENTHUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEXESHUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUSHUMAN RESOURCESIMMUNODEFICIENCYIMPACT EVALUATIONSINCENTIVE STRUCTURESINCOMEINCOME COUNTRIESINCOME GROUPSINCOME HOUSEHOLDSINDEXESINEQUITIESINFANTINFANT MORTALITYINFANT MORTALITY RATEINFORMAL PAYMENTSINFORMAL SECTORINFORMAL SECTOR WORKERSINPATIENT CAREINSTITUTIONALIZATIONINSURANCE FUNDSINSURANCE SYSTEMSINSURERSINTEGRATIONINTERNATIONAL COMPARISONSLABOR MARKETSLEGAL STATUSLEVEL OF HEALTH SPENDINGLIFE EXPECTANCYLOW INCOMELOW-INCOME COUNTRIESLOW-INCOME COUNTRYMATERNAL MORTALITYMEDICAL BENEFITMEDICAL CAREMEDICAL ECONOMICSMEDICAL INSURANCEMEDICAL PERSONNELMEDICAL PROCEDURESMEDICAL TREATMENTMILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALSMINISTRY OF HEALTHMORTALITYMULTIPLE INSURERSMULTIPLE PURCHASERSNATIONAL HEALTHNATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCENONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONSNURSESNUTRITIONOUTPATIENT CAREOUTPATIENT SERVICESPATIENTPATIENT SATISFACTIONPATIENTSPHOPHYSICIANPHYSICIANSPOCKET PAYMENTSPOPULATION DYNAMICSPOPULATION TRENDPOPULATION TRENDSPRENATAL CAREPRIMARY CAREPRIVATE CAREPRIVATE CLINICSPRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCEPRIVATE HOSPITALSPRIVATE SECTORPRIVATE SECTORSPRIVATE SERVICESPROBABILITYPROVIDER PAYMENTPROVISION OF CAREPUBLIC ADMINISTRATIONPUBLIC HEALTHPUBLIC HEALTH CAREPUBLIC HEALTH EXPENDITURESPUBLIC HEALTH PROGRAMSPUBLIC HEALTH SERVICESPUBLIC HEALTH SPENDINGPUBLIC PROVIDERSPUBLIC PROVISIONPUBLIC SECTORPUBLIC SPENDINGQUALITY OF HEALTHQUALITY OF HEALTH CARERESOURCE ALLOCATIONRISK ADJUSTERSRISK ADJUSTMENTRURAL POPULATIONSAFETY NETSSCREENINGSERVICE DELIVERYSHARE OF HEALTH SPENDINGSMOKERSSOCIAL HEALTH INSURANCESOCIAL INSURANCESOCIAL INSURANCE CONTRIBUTIONSSOCIAL INSURANCE SYSTEMSSOCIAL SECURITYSOCIOECONOMIC INEQUALITIESTECHNICAL ASSISTANCETUBERCULOSISUNDER-FIVE MORTALITYURBANIZATIONUSER FEESWORKERSWORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATIONWorld Bank10.1596/978-0-8213-8682-8https://doi.org/10.1596/978-0-8213-8682-8