Publications

Future Policy Choices for the Health Sector in Asia

Briefing paper commissioned by UK DFID for the Asia 2015 Conference held in London 6-7 March 2006, which brought together key decision makers from around Asia and the world to learn from Asia's success, to identify future challenges …

Author(s):Veronica Walford, Mark Pearson, Ravi Rannan Eliya and Tharanga Fernando

Date: 1 Mar 2006                                           Type: Monographs

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Equity in Health and Health Care Systems in Asia

This book chapter reviews the evidence on health systems equity in Asia, with particular emphasis on developing countries.

Author(s):Ravi P. Rannan-Eliya, Aparnaa Somanathan

Date: 1 Feb 2006                                           Type: Book chapters

 Edward Elgar Publishing

Domestic health expenditure in Hong Kong: 1989/90 to 2001/02

Results of the second Hong Kong Domestic Health Accounts project, which estimated health expenditures from 1989 to 2001

Author(s):Leung, G.M., Tin, K.Y.K., Rannan-Eliya, R., Leung, E.S.K., Lam, D.W.S., Lo, S.V.

Date: 1 Feb 2006                                           Type: Journal articles

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ILO Social Security Inquiry in Sri Lanka

Project report on ILO Social Security Inquiry pilot in Sri Lanka to test feasibility of routine collection of data on social security coverage in the country.

Author(s):HPRA

Date: 1 Sep 2005                                           Type: Project Reports

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Explaining the incidence of catastrophic expenditures on health care: Comparative evidence from Asia.

This paper examines the incidence of catastrophic out-of-pocket health expenditures for health in six Asian countries, and discusses implications.

Author(s):Owen O'Donnell, Eddy van Doorslaer, Ravi P. Rannan-Eliya, Aparnaa Somanathan, Charu C. Garg, Piya Ha

Date: 1 Jun 2005                                           Type: Monographs

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Projection of Impact of Aging on Health Care Expenditures, Sri Lanka 2001-2051

Sri Lanka has one of the fastest ageing populations in the world. This study develops an actuarial cost projection model to forecast future health spending.

Author(s):Ravi P. Rannan-Eliya

Date: 1 May 2005                                           Type: Project Reports

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Paying out-of-pocket for health care in Asia: Catastrophic and poverty impact.

Out-of-pocket (OOP) payments are the principal means of financing health care throughout much of Asia. We describe the magnitude and distribution of OOP payments for health care in fourteen countries and territories …

Author(s):Eddy van Doorslaer, Owen O'Donnell, Aparnaa Somanathan, Ravi P. Rannan-Eliya, Charu C. Garg, Piya Ha

Date: 1 May 2005                                           Type: Monographs

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Who benefits from public spending on health care in Asia?

We examine the benefit incidence of public health care subsidies in eleven Asian territories, including India, Indonesia and two provinces of China …

Author(s):Owen O'Donnell, Eddy van Doorslaer, Ravi P. Rannan-Eliya, Aparnaa Somanathan, Shiva Raj Adhikari, De

Date: 1 May 2005                                           Type: Monographs

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Who pays for health care in Asia?

We describe the structure and the distribution of health care financing in 13 territories that account for 55% of the Asian population, looking specifically at proportionality and progressitivity.

Author(s):Owen O'Donnell, Eddy van Doorslaer, Ravi P. Rannan-Eliya, Aparnaa Somanathan, Shiva Raj Adhikari, Ba

Date: 1 Apr 2005                                           Type: Monographs

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