Health Microinsurance: Implementing Universal Health Coverage In The Informal Sector

by David M Dror

Overview

This book is the first and only study on implementing Universal Health Coverage in poor, rural and informal settings, with end-to-end guidance for rolling out a demand-driven and needs-based health insurance model. The chapters are comprehensive, covering topics such as data collection and analysis for contextual risk assessment, the design of suitable benefits packages, how to price microinsurance, insurance education for illiterate or innumerate populations, the setting up of governance bodies and training staff for key roles, and information management.The book contains insights gained from years of fieldwork in several countries and is valuable reading for undergraduate and graduate students and practitioners of health microinsurance. As a companion to the author's first book, Financing Micro Health Insurance: Theory, Methods and Evidence, this book provides the only current source of information on implementing health microinsurance. The practical guidelines to setting up and operating a microinsurance scheme are accompanied by impact evaluation, chapter exercises and Issue Briefs that present examples of using tools that are necessary for successful implementation.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9789811208522
Publisher:	World Scientific Publishing Company, Incorporated
Publication date:	02/20/2020
Series:	World Scientific Series In Health Investment And Financing , #4
Pages:	456
Product dimensions:	6.20(w) x 9.10(h) x 1.30(d)

Table of Contents

Glossary; List of Figures; Introduction: The Framework for Implementation of Microinsurance; Health Microinsurance Models; Pre-Implementation Activities: Baseline Study and Its Purpose; Substitutes to Baseline Surveys; Pricing of Microinsurance (aka Rate Making); Estimating WTP; Estimating Capital Requirements to Scale Health Microinsurance; Implementation: Insurance Awareness and Education; Community Involvement in Benefits Package Design; The Governance Structure, and Training the Key Actors; Enrollment into the Scheme; Business Processes of Microinsurance: Business Processes; Data in Microinsurance; MIS in Microinsurance; Monitoring & Evaluation, and Sustainability: Key Performance Indicators; Impact Assessment; Issue Briefs; References; Annexes;