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.
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.
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
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