… countries: the health insurance societies had difficulty in identifying the income level of
informal sector workers, collecting the payment and determining the number of family members (…

… World Health Organization This paper addresses the issue of the feasibility of “social”
health insurance (SHI) in developing countries. SHI aims at protecting all population groups …

… countries yet there are clear challenges in achieving this goal. Though social health insurance
is … well documented in the literature is evidence from countries in Africa who are at various …

… the Philippine health care system, and in particular its experience with social health insurance
(… -income countries. We analyse the challenges currently facing PhilHealth, the national …

… even while they have to participate in existing social schemes. This form is mostly found in …
The countries studied in this chapter all have a mix of social and private funding of their health …

… The authors are grateful to the Irish Trust Fund given to the World Bank Institute for financial
support and for contributions by collaborating authors on the five country case studies in this …

… a brief overview of health care financing and social health insurance schemes including the
regional health situation. He stated … A country can be categorized as having Social Health …

… of social health insurance in four European countries: … the social insurance schemes, as
well as the relationships between the insurers, providers and consumers in the various countries …

… This article examines how social health insurance can be made workable in spite of the …
of four countries in sub-Saharan Africa in the administration of health insurance. The article is …

… The role of private health insurance in social health insurance countries [urgen Wasem, …
Countries that rely upon social health insurance (SHI) for the preponderant portion of their health …