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Volume 12 Supplement 1

Selected articles from Universal Coverage: Can We Guarantee Health For All?

Proceedings

Universal Coverage: Can We Guarantee Health For All?

Bandar Sunway, Malaysia

3-4 October 2011

Edited by Pascale Allotey, Daniel D Reidpath, Shenglan Tang, Shajahan Yasin, Su Lin Chong and Julius Chee Ho Cheah

Supported by Global Public Health, Monash University Sunway Campus; Philips Healthcare; Deloitte and Touche, Singapore; and Sanofi Aventis Malaysia

Conference website

Universal coverage in an era of privatisation: can we guarantee health for all?

Pascale Allotey, Shajahan Yasin, Shenglan Tang, Su Lin Chong, Julius Cheah, Daniel D Reidpath BMC Public Health 2012, 12(Suppl 1):S1 (22 June 2012)

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Vulnerability, equity and universal coverage – a concept note

Pascale Allotey, Sharuna Verghis, Fatima Alvarez-Castillo, Daniel D Reidpath BMC Public Health 2012, 12(Suppl 1):S2 (22 June 2012)

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The fallacy of the equity-efficiency trade off: rethinking the efficient health system

Daniel D Reidpath, Anna Olafsdottir, Subhash Pokhrel, Pascale Allotey BMC Public Health 2012, 12(Suppl 1):S3 (22 June 2012)

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Universal access: making health systems work for women

TK Sundari Ravindran BMC Public Health 2012, 12(Suppl 1):S4 (22 June 2012)

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The role of insurance in the achievement of universal coverage within a developing country context: South Africa as a case study

Alex M van den Heever BMC Public Health 2012, 12(Suppl 1):S5 (22 June 2012)

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Why has the Universal Coverage Scheme in Thailand achieved a pro-poor public subsidy for health care?

Supon Limwattananon, Viroj Tangcharoensathien, Kanjana Tisayaticom, Tawekiat Boonyapaisarncharoen, Phusit Prakongsai BMC Public Health 2012, 12(Suppl 1):S6 (22 June 2012)

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Financing Universal Coverage in Malaysia: a case study

Hong Teck Chua, Julius Cheah BMC Public Health 2012, 12(Suppl 1):S7 (22 June 2012)

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Controlling cost escalation of healthcare: making universal health coverage sustainable in China

Shenglan Tang, Jingjing Tao, Henk Bekedam BMC Public Health 2012, 12(Suppl 1):S8 (22 June 2012)

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On residents’ satisfaction with community health services after health care system reform in Shanghai, China, 2011

Zhijian Li, Jiale Hou, Lin Lu, Shenglan Tang, Jin Ma BMC Public Health 2012, 12(Suppl 1):S9 (22 June 2012)

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Policy initiation and political levers in health policy: lessons from Ghana’s health insurance

Anthony Seddoh, Samuel Akor BMC Public Health 2012, 12(Suppl 1):S10 (22 June 2012)

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