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Approaches to Universal Health Coverage and Occupational Health and Safety for the Informal Workforce in Developing Countries : workshop summary by and Medicine Engineering National Academies of Sciences; Institute of Medicine; Board on Global Health; Forum on Public-Private Partnerships for Global Health and Safety; Rachel M. Taylor is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
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<p>Universal health coverage (UHC) has been recognized by the World Health Organization as a key element in reducing social inequality and a critical component of sustainable development and poverty reduction. In most of the world UHC is sought through a combination of public and private-sector health care systems. In most low- and middle-income countries health systems are evolving to increasingly rely on the private sector because the public sector lacks the infrastructure and staff to meet all health care needs. With growing individual assets available for private-sector expenditure, patients often seek better access to technology, staff, and medicines. However, in low-income countries nearly 50 percent of health care financing is out-of-pocket. With the expected increase in the overall fraction of care provided through the private sector, these expenditures can be financially catastrophic for individuals in the informal workforce.</p> <p>In the global workforce of approximately 3 billion people, only 10 to 15 percent are estimated to have some type of access to occupational health services. The informal workforce is growing worldwide, and the degree to which its occupational he
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- Author
- and Medicine Engineering National Academies of Sciences; Institute of Medicine; Board on Global Health; Forum on Public-Private Partnerships for Global Health and Safety; Rachel M. Taylor
- Publisher
- The National Academies Press
- Published
- 2016
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780309374064
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Medical, Medicine
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