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      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      13 May 2026
      21 May 2026
      ISBN:
      9781009746274
      9781009746281
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      1.186kg, 644 Pages
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    Health care financing is key in defining interactions between providers and the generalpopulation. It determines who is required to pay for care, how much they pay, and what types of services patients can receive. It also helps shape markets for health service providers and innovations in service delivery, pharmaceuticals and medical devices. Paying for Health brings together insights from over 50 global experts to provide a vital analysis of health care financing around the world, explaining issues related to funding both health and social care. It explores key aspects of health financing, delving into critical policy questions and examining strategies that shape sustainable, effective health systems. Offering real-world examples and evidence-based insights, this essential volume equips policymakers, researchers, and health leaders with the tools to design financing systems that drive progress now and in the future towards universal health coverage. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.

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    • Paying for Health
      pp i-ii
    • European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies - Series page
      pp iii-iv
    • Paying for Health - Title page
      pp v-v
    • Learning from International Experience in Health Financing
    • Copyright page
      pp vi-vi
    • Frontispiece
      pp vii-viii
    • Contents
      pp ix-xi
    • Figures
      pp xii-xv
    • Tables
      pp xvi-xvii
    • Boxes
      pp xviii-xix
    • Contributors
      pp xx-xxii
    • Abbreviations
      pp xxiii-xxvi
    • Foreword
      pp xxvii-xxix
    • Reference Series Foreword
      pp xxx-xxxi
    • Acknowledgements
      pp xxxii-xxxii
    • Executive summary
      pp xxxiii-lii
    • Introduction
      pp 1-26
    • Section 1 - Revenue raising
      pp 27-134
    • 1.1 - General taxation and social health insurance
      pp 29-62
    • 1.2 - Community-based health insurance
      pp 63-90
    • 1.3 - Voluntary health insurance
      pp 91-115
    • 1.4 - Official development assistance for health
      pp 116-134
    • Section 2 - Pooling resources and defining benefits
      pp 135-282
    • 2.1 - Approaches to risk pooling
      pp 137-164
    • 2.2 - Setting a health benefits package
      pp 165-195
    • 2.4 - User charges
      pp 224-244
    • Section 3 - Commissioning and purchasing
      pp 283-673
    • 3.1 - Paying for primary care
      pp 285-319
    • 3.2 - Methods for paying hospitals
      pp 320-359

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