Towards Universal Health Care in Emerging Economies Opportunities and Challenges /

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Yi, Ilcheong (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017.
• Σειρά: Social Policy in a Development Context
• Θέματα: Health care management.; Health services administration.; Public health.; Welfare economics.; Economic policy.; Social policy.; Economics.; Social Policy.; Economic Policy.; Social Choice/Welfare Economics/Public Choice.; Health Care Management.; Public Health.

This book explores how political, social, economic and institutional factors in eight emerging economies have combined to generate diverse outcomes in their move towards universal health care. Structured in three parts, the book begins by framing social policy as an integral system in its own right....

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• 1. Introduction: The Universalization of Health Care in Emerging Economies; Ilcheong Yi, Elizabeth Koechlein and Armando de Negri Filho
• Part I: Analysing Common Pressures and Diverse Social Policy Responses
• 2. The Continuing Enigmas of Social Policy; Ben Fine
• 3. Universalism and Health: The Battle of Ideas; Susanne MacGregor
• Part II: Moving Towards Universal Health Care: Opportunities and Challenges
• 4. The Politics of Health Care Reform in Thailand; Erik Martinez Kuhonta
• 5. The Impacts of Universalization: A Case Study on Thailand’s Social Protection and Universal Health Coverage; Prapaporn Tivayanond Mongkhonvanit and Piya Hanvoravongchai
• 6. Political and Institutional Drivers of Social Security Universalization in Brazil; Marcus André Melo
• 7. Universalizing Health Care in Brazil: Opportunities and Challenges; Ana Luiza d´Ávila Viana, Hudson Pacífico da Silva and Ilcheong Yi
• 8. What Kind of Welfare State is Emerging in China?; Stein Ringen and Kinglun Ngok
• 9. China’s Universal Health Care Coverage; William Hsiao, Mingqiang Li and Shufang Zhang
• Part III: Obstacles to Moving Towards Universal Health Care
• 10. Constraints on Universal Health Care in the Russian Federation: Inequality, Informality and the Failures of Mandatory Health Insurance Reforms; Linda J. Cook
• 11. The Fragmented Social Protection System in India: Five Key Rights but Two Missing; Santosh Mehrotra, Neha Kumra and Ankita Gandhi
• 12. The Drivers of Universal Health Care in South Africa: The Role of Ideas, Actors and Institutions; Rebecca Surender
• 13. Social Policy in Venezuela: Bucking Neoliberalism or Unsustainable Clientelism?; Julia Buxton
• 14. Expanding Social Security in Indonesia: The Current Processes and Challenges; Asep Suryahadi, Vita Febriany and Athia Yumna.