Health systems in East Asia : what can developing countries learn from Japan and the Asian tigers ? (English)

The health systems of Japan and the Asian Tigers--Hong Kong (China), the Republic of Korea, Singapore, and Taiwan (China)--and the recent reforms to them provide many potentially valuable lessons to East Asia's developing countries. All five systems have managed to keep a check on health spending despite their different approaches to financing and delivery. These differences are reflected in the progressivity of health finance, but the precise degree...

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Wagstaff, Adam;
Document Date
2005/12/01
Document Type
Policy Research Working Paper
Report Number
WPS3790
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
Japan, Korea, Republic of, Singapore, Taiwan, China, Hong Kong SAR, China,
Region
East Asia and Pacific,
Disclosure Date
2005/12/07
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
Doc Name
Health systems in East Asia : what can developing countries learn from Japan and the Asian tigers ?
Keywords
finance of health care

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Wagstaff, Adam.

Health systems in East Asia : what can developing countries learn from Japan and the Asian tigers ? (English). Policy, Research working paper ; no. WPS 3790 Washington, DC : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/864311468167373686

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