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 …

In this article we outline research since 1995 on the impact of various financing strategies on
access to health services or health outcomes in low income countries. The limited evidence …

This book is about 24 developing countries that have embarked on the journey towards
universal health coverage (UHC) following a bottom-up approach, with a special focus on …

The new updated edition of Children, Youth and Development explores the varied ways in
which global processes in the form of development policies, economic and cultural …

Why do some societies fare well, and others poorly, at reducing the risk of early death?
Wealth, Health, and Democracy in East Asia and Latin America finds that the public …

This article presents the results from an experimental evaluation of a voluntary health
insurance program for informal sector workers in Nicaragua. Costs of the premiums as well …

This paper examines the impact of exposure to public health insurance in early life on
outcomes in adolescence in rural China. Exploiting the variation in the county-by-county …

Objectives To evaluate the effects of a government insurance program covering tertiary care
for people below the poverty line in Karnataka, India, on out-of-pocket expenditures, hospital …

This paper analyzes Thailand's 2001 healthcare reform,“30 Baht.” The program increased
funding available to hospitals to care for the poor and reduced copays to 30 Baht (~ $0.75) …

As explained in the text of the paper, our study focuses on the original urban SISBEN index.
There are four general types of information used in calculating the SISBEN index:(A) human …