Presentations

Day 1

March 15, 2005

 

Session I - The Economics of Voluntary Insurance at Low Income Levels

 
  • Background Paper: Review of Role in Africa Region and Other Selected Developing Country Experiences Alexander Preker (WB)
  • Background Paper: Financing the Millennium Development Goals Alexander Preker (WB)
  • Presentation: Global Expenditure Gaps and Development Traps Alexander Preker (WB)
  • Background Paper: Frameworks for Analyzing Health Systems, Health Financing and the Regulation of Health Insurance Mark Bassett (WB)
  • Presentation: Voluntary Health Insurance in Development Mark Bassett (WB)
  • Background Paper: The Demand for Heath Insurance: Insights from Theory and Voluntary Markets in Less-Developed Countries Mark Pauly (Wharton)
  • Presentation: Demand for Voluntary Health Insurance Mark Pauly (Wharton)
  • Background Paper: Private Health Insurance in Developing Countries – Chapter 2: Supply Peter Zweifel (U. Zurich)
  • Presentation: Supply of Voluntary Health Insurance Peter Zweifel (U. Zurich)
  • Background Paper: Private Voluntary Health Insurance in Developing Countries Peter Zweifel & Mark Pauly
  • Presentation: Market Equilibrium and Insurance Failure Mark Pauly & Peter Zweifel

 

Session II - From Theory to Practice

 
  • Editorial: The Challenge of Private Insurance for Public Good (Evans, Carrin, Evans, WB)
  • Article: Private Health Insurance: Implications for Developing Countries Neelam Sekhri (WHO)
  • Presentation: Private Health Insurance in Developing Markets Neelam Sekhri (WHO)
  • Background Paper: Private Health Insurance in Low- and Middle-Income Countries Johannes Jütting & Denis Drechsler (OECD)
  • Presentation: Private Health Insurance in Low- and Middle-Income Countries? Johannes Jütting (OECD)
  • Background Paper: Private Health Insurance in OECD Countries (OECD Policy Brief)
  • Presentation: Overview of Regulatory Approaches in Private Health Insurance Markets in Industrialized Nations Nicole Tapay (Novartis International, Switzerland)
  • Presentation: Implications for Health Financing in Africa and South Asia
    Paul Danao (Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association)

Day 2

March 16, 2005

 

Session III - Role Of Health Insurance Industry And World Bank Group

 

 

·          Background Paper: Financial and management practice in a voluntary medical insurance company in the developed world Roger Bowie & Gayle Adams

·          Presentation: Financial and Management Practice in a Voluntary Medical Insurance Company in the Developed World Roger Bowie (Formerly of Southern Cross)

·          Photo: The Onslaught (Snapped by Roger Bowie to make a point!)

 

 

Afternoon Research Forum and Workshop

 

 

·          Presentation: Measuring the Financial Protection from Health Insurance in the U.S. Kate Bundorf (Stanford)

·          Background Paper: Statutory packages of health care alongside voluntary insurance: what treatments should be covered? Peter Smith (Univ. of York)

·          Presentation: On the Interaction between state and voluntary health care insurance: a preliminary analysis Peter Smith (Univ. of York)

·          Presentation: Voluntary health insurance in Chile: determinants of enrollment, financial protection and access to care Ricardo Bitran (Chile)

·          Presentation: Voluntary Health Insurance: Country Case Study – Brazil Bernard Couttelenc (Brazil)

·          Presentation: Assessing Private/Voluntary Insurance in Turkey Ajay Mahal (Turkey)

·          Presentation: Roles of Private Insurance in Health Care Access in Thailand Siripen Supakankunti (Thailand)

·          Presentation: Private Health Insurance in South Africa: An Impact Study Michael Thiede (South Africa)

·          Presentation: Health Insurance Scenario in India Rajeev Ahuja  (South Africa)

·          Presentation: The Role of Private Health Insurance in China’s Health Care Financing Teh-Wei Hu (U.C. Berkeley)

·          Presentation: Jeni Nacheva & Ivan Bukarev (Bulgaria)