This paper summarizes the literature on the impact of state subsidized or social health
insurance schemes that have been offered, mostly on a voluntary basis, to the informal …

Background: Out-of-pocket payments for health care services lead to decreased use of
health services and catastrophic health expenditures. To reduce out-of-pocket payments …

Background Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of adult mortality in low-
income countries but data on the prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors such as …

This book explains how to use stated preference survey methods to measure people's
preferences based on decision making in hypothetical choice situations. Along with giving …

Introduction Reliance on out-of-pocket payment for healthcare may lead poor households to
undertake catastrophic health expenditure, and risk-pooling mechanisms have been …

Indonesia faces a growing informal sector in the wake of implementing a national social
health insurance system—Jaminan Kesehatan Nasional (JKN)—that supersedes the vertical …

Background Many low and middle-income countries are increasingly cognisant of the need
to offer financial protection to its citizens through pre-payment schemes in order to curb high …

Objective Community based health insurance schemes are becoming recognized as
powerful method to achieve universal health coverage and reducing the financial …

In Pakistan, agriculture is vulnerable to multiple risks, especially in the rain-fed areas. The
crop insurance can serve as a useful tool to manage risks in the rain-fed areas of Pakistan …

Introduction: Community-based health insurance schemes are becoming increasingly
recognized as a tool to finance health care in developing countries. The Ethiopian …