Title: Innovations in insuring the poor : innovations in health insurance : community-based models

Authors: Jütting, Johannes

Place: Washington, DC

Publisher: International food policy research institute (IFPRI)

Year: 2009

Journal: IFPRI 2020 vision

Volume: Focus 17, Brief 11

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Subject: Health and Poverty

Keywords: health economics, health insurance, poverty, senegal

Abstract: This brief looks at community-based health insurance (CBHI) models. A CBHI scheme is essentially any program run by a community-based organization that pools risk to cover healthcare costs. CBHI schemes have the potential to solve many of the problems associated with insuring the poor.

URL: http://www.ifpri.org/sites/default/files/publications/focus17_11.pdf

Document type: E-article