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983407
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b737777
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From few to many : : ten years of health insurance expansion in Colombia /\ Amanda L. Glassman [and others], editors.
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| Publication Statement
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Washington, D.C. :: Inter-American Development Bank :: Brookings Institution,, ©2009.
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1 online resource (viii, 188 pages) :: illustrations
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0815702728
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: 0815724799
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: 1282558331
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: 9780815702726
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: 9780815724797
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: 9781282558335
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9781597820738
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Includes bibliographical references.
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| Contents
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Colombia: after a decade of health system reform -- Institutions, spending, programs, and public health -- The impact of subsidized health insurance on health status and on access to and use of health services -- Public hospitals and health care reform -- Financial protection of health insurance -- Ten years of health system reform: health care financing lessons from Colombia.
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| Abstract
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In the 1990s the nation of Colombia introduced mandatory health insurance, with the goals of improving access to care and protecting the population from impoverishing and inefficient spending as well as the hardships of illness and care-seeking. Financed through a combination of payroll contributions and general taxation, this comprehensive plan included a contributory regime for those able to pay and a fully subsidized regime for the extremely poor. From Few to Many presents the results and lessons drawn from a decade of reform implementation. The authors examine changes in the financing and d.
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Health care reform-- Colombia.
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Health insurance-- Colombia.
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Medical policy-- Colombia.
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National health services-- Colombia.
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Public health-- Colombia.
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HEALTH FITNESS-- Diseases-- General.
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HEALTH FITNESS-- Health Care Issues.
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Health care reform.
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Health insurance.
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Medical policy.
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MEDICAL-- Diseases.
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MEDICAL-- Health Care Delivery.
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MEDICAL-- Health Policy.
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MEDICAL-- Public Health.
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National health services.
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Public health.
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Insurance, Health-- history-- Colombia.
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Health Care Reform-- history-- Colombia.
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History, 20th Century-- Colombia.
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History, 21st Century-- Colombia.
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Insurance Coverage-- history-- Colombia.
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Medically Uninsured-- history-- Colombia.
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National Health Programs-- history-- Colombia.
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Public Health-- history-- Colombia.
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Colombia.
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| Dewey Classification
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362.1
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RA412.5.C7F76 2009eb
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2010 C-638
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W 275 DC7F931 2009
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| Added Entry
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Glassman, Amanda,1970-
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Brookings Institution.
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Inter-American Development Bank.
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