Weak links in the second chain : a prescription for health policy in poor countries (English)

This article presents an approach to public policy in health that comes directly from the literature on public economics. It identifies two characteristic market failures in health. The first is the existence of large externalities in the control of many infectious diseases that are mostly addressed by standard public health interventions. The second is the widespread breakdown of insurance markets that leave people exposed to catastrophic financial...

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Filmer,Deon P.;

Hammer,Jeffrey S.;

Pritchett,Lant Hayward;
Document Date
2002/01/01
Document Type
Journal Article
Report Number
76669
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
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World,
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Other,
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2013/04/17
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Disclosed
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Weak links in the second chain : a prescription for health policy in poor countries
Keywords
incidence of public spending

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Filmer,Deon P.; Hammer,Jeffrey S.; Pritchett,Lant Hayward.

Weak links in the second chain : a prescription for health policy in poor countries (English). Washington DC : World Bank. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/174031468336676626

Weak links in the second chain : a prescription for health policy in poor countries (English)

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