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The Prices in the Crises: What We Are Learning from 20 Years of Health Insurance in Low- and Middle-Income Countries.

Governments in many low- and middle-income countries are developing health insurance products as a complement to tax-funded, subsidized provision of healthcare through publicly-operated facilities. We discuss two rationales for this transition. First, health insurance would boost fiscal revenues for...

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Published in:Journal of Economic Perspectives Vol. 37; no. 2; pp. 123 - 153
Main Authors: Das, Jishnu, Do, Quy-Toan
Format: Article
Published: American Economic Association Spring2023
Subjects:
Health insurance
Prices
Medical personnel
Crises
Middle-income countries
Health insurance exchanges
Diagnosis related groups
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