76: Balancing the Roles of Public and Private Health Care Systems Around the World
Access to affordable healthcare for the low-income population is an important issue around the world. The presenters at the start of this session explore how different countries have designed their healthcare safety net. The speakers provide comparative information regarding program design, financing arrangements and relative cost, access to care, quality of care, and other issues; explore the impact of population demographics and income distribution; and discuss how microinsurance has been used to fill an important void in countries without a formal healthcare safety net. In addition, presenters examine the actuarial aspects of measuring health system costs, access, and quality. The speakers at this presentation address aspects of modeling that are consistent across countries and aspects that vary based on various environmental, political, and policy characteristics.
