Trade in Health Services : What’s in it for Developing Countries?

This study summarizes the existing knowledge and relevant abstracts and case-studies on the design of health and/or trade reforms and policies. The study aims to contribute to the understanding of the potential benefits and risks - and ways to maximize the former and minimize the latter - of trade in the health sector. It is designed for non-trade (health) experts to understand how trade can help to improve health systems and access to health services, and for trade specialists to understand the specific characteristics of the health sector.

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Main Author: Cattaneo, Olivier
Language:English
Published: 2009-11-01
Subjects:ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE, ACCESS TO HEALTH SERVICES, ADEQUATE TREATMENT, AGE STRUCTURE, ANCILLARY SERVICES, ANGIOPLASTY, BEDS, BRAIN, CANCER, CAPITAL INTENSITY, CAPITAL INVESTMENTS, CARDIOLOGY, CATARACT, CHEMOTHERAPY, CITIES, CLINICS, COMPETITIVE ENVIRONMENT, COST OF SERVICES, DEBT, DEMAND FOR HEALTH, DEMAND FOR HEALTH SERVICES, DENTAL SURGERY, DENTISTRY, DENTISTS, DEONTOLOGY, DIAGNOSIS, DIAGNOSTICS, DIALYSIS, DOCTORS, DRUGS, ECONOMIES OF SCALE, EMERGENCY CARE, EMERGENCY CASES, EMPLOYMENT, EPIDEMIOLOGY, EXTERNALITIES, FAMILIES, FINANCIAL INCENTIVES, FINANCIAL RESOURCES, GOVERNMENT POLICIES, HEALTH CARE, HEALTH CARE EQUIPMENT, HEALTH CARE PROVIDER, HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS, HEALTH CENTERS, HEALTH COVERAGE, HEALTH EXPENDITURE, HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE, HEALTH INSURANCE PORTABILITY, HEALTH MARKET, HEALTH PROFESSIONALS, HEALTH PROMOTION, HEALTH SECTOR, HEALTH SERVICE, HEALTH SERVICE PROVIDERS, HEALTH SERVICES, HEALTH SUPPLY, HEALTH SYSTEM, HEALTH SYSTEMS, HEALTH WORKFORCE, HEALTHCARE, HEALTHCARE EXPENDITURE, HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS, HEALTHCARE SECTOR, HEALTHCARE SERVICES, HEALTHCARE SYSTEM, HIV/AIDS, HOSPITAL CARE, HOSPITAL OPERATOR, HOSPITALS, HUMAN RESOURCES, HYGIENE, HYSTERECTOMY, INCOME, INCOME COUNTRIES, INCOME POPULATION, INDEXES, INSURANCE, INSURANCE SYSTEMS, INTERMEDIARIES, INTERPRETERS, INTERVENTION, KIDNEY DIALYSIS, LAWS, LEGAL FRAMEWORK, LIABILITY, LOCAL HEALTH SERVICES, LOCAL PUBLIC HEALTH, MALARIA, MALPRACTICE, MARKETING, MEDICAL CARE, MEDICAL DEVICES, MEDICAL EDUCATION, MEDICAL EQUIPMENT, MEDICAL FACILITIES, MEDICAL INFORMATION, MEDICAL INSURANCE, MEDICAL PERSONNEL, MEDICAL PRACTICE, MEDICAL PRACTICES, MEDICAL PROCEDURES, MEDICAL RESEARCH, MEDICAL SERVICES, MEDICAL SPECIALTIES, MEDICAL STAFF, MEDICAL SUPPLIES, MEDICAL TRAINING, MEDICAL TREATMENT, MEDICAL TREATMENTS, MIGRANTS, MIGRATION, MORTALITY, NATIONAL HEALTH, NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, NEGATIVE EFFECTS, NURSES, NURSING, NURSING HOMES, PATIENT, PATIENT CARE, PATIENTS, PHARMACEUTICALS, PHARMACISTS, PHYSICIAN, PHYSICIANS, PLASTIC SURGERY, POLICY RESEARCH, POSITIVE SPILL-OVER, PREVENTIVE CARE, PRIVATE CLINICS, PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE, PRIVATE HEALTH SERVICES, PRIVATE HOSPITALS, PRIVATE INSURANCE, PRIVATE SECTOR, PRIVATE SECTORS, PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS, PROVISION OF HEALTH SERVICES, PUBLIC HEALTH, PUBLIC HEALTH INSURANCE, PUBLIC HEALTH INSURANCE SCHEMES, PUBLIC HEALTH SYSTEM, PUBLIC HOSPITALS, PUBLIC SECTOR, PUBLIC SPENDING, QUALITY OF CARE, QUALITY OF HEALTH, QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE, RADIOLOGY, RADIOTHERAPY, REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH, RESEARCH CENTERS, SKIN DISEASES, SOCIAL HEALTH INSURANCE, SOCIAL HEALTH INSURANCE SCHEMES, SOCIAL SECURITY, SOCIAL SERVICES, SURGEONS, SURGERY, TELEMEDICINE, TRADE AGREEMENT, TRADE AGREEMENTS, TREATMENTS, WASTE, WELLNESS, WORK ENVIRONMENT, WORKERS,
Online Access:http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20091105153652
https://hdl.handle.net/10986/4305
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