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Making Health Services More Accessible in Developing Countries

Finance and Health Resources for Functioning Health Systems

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Editors:
  1. Hiroko Uchimura

    1. Inter-disciplinary Studies Centre, Institute of Developing Economies, IDE-JETRO, Japan

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Part of the book series: IDE-JETRO Series (IDE)

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. Introduction: Key Factors for Functioning Health Systems

    • Hiroko Uchimura
    Pages 1-21

  3. What is the Role of Public Finance in Health and How Should It Be Fulfilled?: A Study of China

    • Hiroko Uchimura
    Pages 22-50

  4. Health Financing For Accessible Services: A Study of the Philippines

    • Hiroko Uchimura
    Pages 51-79

  5. Development of Social Health Insurance Systems: Retracing Japan’s Experience

    • Masako Ii
    Pages 80-105

  6. Emerging External Funds for Health: A Study of Global Health Partnerships

    • Banri Ito
    Pages 106-136

  7. Determinants of HIV/AIDS Drug Prices for Developing Countries: Analysis of Global Fund Procurement Data

    • Kensuke Kubo, Hiroko Yamane
    Pages 137-172

  8. How to Manage Out-Migration of Medical Personnel from Developing Countries: The Case of Filipino and South African Nurses and Doctors Leaving for Saudi Arabia, the UK and the US

    • Tatsufumi Yamagata
    Pages 173-202

  9. Publicly Provided Primary Healthcare Services in Rural India: Achievements, Problems and Possible Solutions

    • Seiro Ito, Hisaki Kono
    Pages 203-247

  10. Health Services for Socially Excluded Tribes: Learning from the Asha Kiran Society’s Intervention in Orissa, India

    • Cheryl D’Souza, Anugrah Abraham
    Pages 248-265

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 266-270
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About this book

Health is increasingly a critical concern in the context of development. This book examines the function of health systems, particularly the key factors: finance, human resources, pharmaceuticals, public facilities and stresses the importance of improving access to health services in developing countries.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Inter-disciplinary Studies Centre, Institute of Developing Economies, IDE-JETRO, Japan

    Hiroko Uchimura

About the editor

HIROKO UCHIMURA is an associate senior research fellow of Institute of Developing Economies, IDE-JETRO Japan. Her research work covers policy analysis, related to public finance, fiscal decentralization, health financing and health system reforms, as well as issues on income distribution. Her work mainly focuses on developing countries in Asia, namely China, the Philippines, and Vietnam.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Making Health Services More Accessible in Developing Countries

  • Book Subtitle: Finance and Health Resources for Functioning Health Systems

  • Editors: Hiroko Uchimura

  • Series Title: IDE-JETRO Series

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230250772

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave Economics & Finance Collection, Economics and Finance (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Institute of Developing Economies (IDE), JETRO 2009

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-230-57788-6Published: 16 September 2009

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-36753-5Published: 16 September 2009

  • eBook ISBN: 978-0-230-25077-2Published: 16 September 2009

  • Series ISSN: 2662-6314

  • Series E-ISSN: 2662-6322

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIV, 270

  • Number of Illustrations: 19 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Development Economics, Development Policy, Social Policy, Popular Science in Medicine and Health

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