Financing Health Care in East Asia and the Pacific

by John C. Langenbrunner and Aparnaa Somanathan

The East Asia and Pacific region is characterized by wide variations in sources of healthcare financing, pooling of funds, purchasing of care services, and the extent to which these policy instruments and programs provide social protection. Existing healthcare financing systems in the region are under increasing pressure from a continued prevalence of communicable diseases, an emergence of non communicable diseases, and a rapidly aging population...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0821386824
• ISBN13: 9780821386828
• Release Date: June 2011
• Publisher: World Bank Publications
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"