Achieving universal health coverage through voluntary insurance : what can we learn from the experience of Lao PDR? (English)

The Government of Lao Peoples’ Democratic Republic (Lao PDR) has embarked on a path to achieve universal health coverage (UHC) through implementation of four risk-protection schemes. One of the schemes is community-based health insurance (CBHI) – a voluntary scheme that targets roughly half the population. However, after twelve years of implementation, coverage through CBHI remained very low. Increasing coverage of the scheme would require expansion...

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Gopalan,Saji Saraswathy;

Durairaj,Varatharajan;
Document Date
2013/12/17
Document Type
Journal Article
Report Number
102426
Volume No
1
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1
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World,
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Other,
Disclosure Date
2016/01/19
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Disclosed
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Achieving universal health coverage through voluntary insurance : what can we learn from the experience of Lao PDR?
Keywords
informal sector

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Gopalan,Saji Saraswathy; Durairaj,Varatharajan.

Achieving universal health coverage through voluntary insurance : what can we learn from the experience of Lao PDR? (English). Author accepted manuscript Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/726981468186243554

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