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At the end of the twentieth century, Asia is in the middle of an economic, political, and social transformation. Many countries are poised to enter the next century on a rising curve of rapid economic growth and human resource development. Despite an increasing proportion of national income devoted to health, government resources are not sufficient to maintain existing health systems, meet increased demand, and improve the quality of care. Attitudes about the role of government in financing health care services have also changed. As a result, many countries in Asia have adopted a strategy of encouraging the expansion of the private health sector in health. This book describes these policy shifts and the health sector reform issues in the countries of the region. The actual process of change in six countries: India; Indonesia; Korea; the Philippines; Thailand; and Vietnam is also documented. This collection of papers, by eleven leading international experts, was prepared for the Asian Development Banks Second Regional Conference on Health Sector Reform: Issues Related to Private Sector Growth, held in Manila in 1996. Management Sciences for Health commissioned these papers and manag

Author

William C Newbrander; Asian Development Bank; Asian Development Bank's Regional Conference on Health Sector Reform

Publisher

John Wiley & Sons Ltd (Import)

Published

1997

Language

EN

ISBN

9780471972365

Subjects

Economics, Medical, Finance