{"product_id":"the-problem-of-private-health-insurance-insights-from-middle-income-countries-paperback-softback-9781009208185","title":"The Problem of Private Health Insurance; Insights from Middle-Income Countries (Paperback \/ softback) 9781009208185","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Problem of Private Health Insurance\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eInsights from Middle-Income Countries\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis Element brings together cross-disciplinary perspectives to problematise private health insurance in middle-income countries.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eSusan F. Murray (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781009208185, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 11 April 2024\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e96 pages\u003cbr\u003e23 x 15 x 0.5 cm, 0.15 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eFinancial markets, actors, institutions and technologies are increasingly determining which kinds of services and 'welfare' are available, how these are narrated, and what comes to represent the 'common sense' in the policy world and in everyday life. This Element problematises the rationale and operation of one such financial technology, private health insurance, and the industry it inhabits. It offers a cross-disciplinary overview of the various drivers of these markets in middle-income countries and their appeal for development institutions and for governments. Using a range of illustrative case examples and drawing on critical scholarship it considers how new markets are pursued and how states are entangled with market development. It reflects on how the private health insurance sector in turn is shaping and segmenting health systems, and also our ideas about rights, fairness and responsibility.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1. Introduction\u003cbr\u003e 2. Development goals, health policy and privatism\u003cbr\u003e 3. Entangled states\u003cbr\u003e 4. Corporate commercial strategies and industry influence\u003cbr\u003e 5. Questioning the narrative\u003cbr\u003e 6. States as market regulators\u003cbr\u003e 7. The political economy of the private health insurance industry\u003cbr\u003e 8. Contemporary private health insurance regimes\u003cbr\u003e 9. Final observations\u003cbr\u003e List of abbreviations\u003cbr\u003e References.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Sociology [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Sociology\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Sociology%20%5BJHB%5D%22\"\u003eJHB\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52410865844504,"sku":"9781009208185","price":16.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781009208185i.jpg?v=1784252795","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-problem-of-private-health-insurance-insights-from-middle-income-countries-paperback-softback-9781009208185","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}