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    Health insurance for the poor: myth or reality

    Waddington, Hugh; White, Howard; Chapoy, Christelle; Mahendra, Shanti.
    A growing evidence base suggests that health insurance in poor areas can improve people?s access to health care. But the poorest in these areas do not seem to benefit much. Health insurance programs, generally, have not helped in reaching out to the poorest or improving their health care use. And whether...
    Delivery of Health Care/organization & administration, Health Services Accessibility/organization & administration, Quality Assurance, Health Care/methods, Poverty/economics
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    What are the advantages and disadvantages of restructuring a health care system to be more focused on primary care services?

    World Health Organization.
    Governments are searching for ways to improve the equity, efficiency, effectiveness, and responsiveness of their health systems. In recent years there has been an acceptance of the important role of primary health care in helping to achieve these aims. However, there have been no systematic reviews on pr...
    Delivery of Health Care/organization & administration, Primary Health Care/organization & administration, Quality Assurance, Health Care/organization & administration, Patient Satisfaction/statistics & numerical data, Health Services Accessibility/organization & administration, Europe
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