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1 online resource (xxiii, 98 pages) : illustrations |
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World Bank studies |
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World Bank studies.
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| Contents |
Front Cover; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Executive Summary; Acronyms; Chapter 1 Introduction; Overview; Two Key Dates: 2021 and 2032; Key Challenges; Boxes ; 1.1 Good in Parts; Chapter 2 The Path to UHC; The Health Care Financing Strategy; Figures ; 2.1 Sequencing of the UHC Plan; 2.2 Proposed Evolution of Health Financing; 2.3 THE Per Capita; Tables; 2.1 Public Expenditure Required for UHC; Chapter 3 HRH; Introduction; HRH Stock; 3.1 Density of HCPs per 10,000 Population; 3.1 The Brain Drain and Other Lost Assets |
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3.2 Health Workforce Registered with the Bangladesh Medical and Dental Council (BMDC) and Bangladesh Nursing Council (BNC), 1997, 2007, and 2013HRH Production; 3.1 Annual Production Capacity of Health Workforce Including Private Sector, 2011; Public Sector Salaries; Vacancy Rates and Recruitment; 3.2 Training Innovations; 3.3 Filled-In Posts as Percentage of Sanctioned Posts by Year; 3.2 Basic Pay Scale for Different Cadres of Health Professionals under Public Sector; HRH Distribution-Facts and Factors; 3.4 Process and Responsibilities for Creation of a New Post |
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3.5 Rural-Urban Distribution of HCPs by Type3.3 Push and Pull Factors-All toward Urban Areas; 3.6 Distribution of HCPs by Divisions (per 10,000 population); 3.4 Informal Sector/Semiqualified and Allopathic Providers; 3.5 Community Health Workers; HRH Quality and Productivity; Work Environment; Notes; Chapter 4 HRH Policy-Making Process; Introduction; Major HRH Challenges; A Complex and Sometimes Contradictory Array of National Policies; 4.1 HRH-Related Plans and Programs; A Highly Centralized and Cumbersome Bureaucratic System with Weak Response Capacity; 4.1 Process to Fill a Vacant Position |
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A Range of Powerful Stakeholders, Some with Competing InterestsWeak Regulatory and Enforcement Capacity; Conclusions; Notes; Chapter 5 HRH Policy Options for UHC; Introduction; Address HRH Shortages; 5.1 Scenario II: Recruitment of Additional HCPs to Reach a Physician: Nurse: CHW Ratio of 1:1.5:1 by 2021; 5.1 Three Scenarios for Additional HCPs until 2021; 5.1 Kenya: An Emergency Hiring Plan to Rapidly Scale Up the Health Workforce; Improve the Skill-Mix; 5.2 Physician-to-Nurse Ratio and Health Service Utilization by Division; 5.2 Afghanistan: Community Midwifery Education Program |
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5.3 Physician-to-Nurse Ratio and Health Outcomes by Division5.3 Nepal: Trained Outreach Workers Linking the Community to the Health System; Address Geographic Imbalances; 5.4 Thailand: Integrated Interventions Enhance Equitable Distribution of Physicians Nationally; Retain Health Workers; 5.2 Deployment of New Recruits by Region; 5.5 Chile: Well-Designed Incentive Package Successfully Addressed Physician Retention; Adopt Strategic Payment and Purchaser Mechanisms; Establish a Central Human Resources Information System; Target HRH Interventions to Improve Maternal and Newborn Health |
| Summary |
Bangladesh is committed to achieving universal health coverage (UHC) by 2032; to this end, the government of Bangladesh is exploring policy options to increase fiscal space for health and expand coverage while improving service quality and availability. Despite Bangladesh's impressive strides in improving its economic and social development outcomes, the government still confronts health financing and service delivery challenges. In its review of the health system, this study highlights the limited fiscal space for implementing UHC in Bangladesh, particularly given low public spending for heal |
| Notes |
Appendix A Health Coverage and Service Delivery System |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
National health insurance -- Bangladesh
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Health services accessibility -- Economic aspects -- Bangladesh
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Medical care -- Bangladesh -- Finance
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Medical policy -- Bangladesh
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Insurance -- Risk Assessment & Management.
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Medical care -- Finance.
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Medical policy.
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National health insurance.
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Bangladesh.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Sparkes, Susan, author
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Barroy, Helene, author.
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Ahsan, Karar Zunaid, author.
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Ahmed, Syed Masud, author.
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| ISBN |
9781464805370 |
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1464805377 |
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