Beyond Survival: Protecting Households from Health Shocks in Latin America

by Cristian Baeza and Truman Packard

Book Overview

Beyond Survival: Protecting Households from Health Shocks in Latin America breaks new ground in the ongoing debate about health finance and financial protection from the costs of health care. The evidence and discussion support the need to consider financial protection, in addition to health status, as a policy objective when setting priorities for health systems.

This book reviews the Latin American experience with health reform in...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0804756759
• ISBN13: 9780804756754
• Release Date: June 2006
• Publisher: Stanford Economics and Finance
• Length: 170 Pages
• Weight: 0.64 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"