Australians can choose to have private health insurance to complement their Medicare coverage.

To improve health coverage.

Inadequate health care coverage.

Increasing the rate of health coverage

Private health institutions

They had no health or social insurance coverage whatsoever.

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Some of them have been trying private sector alternatives in order to reduce costs, extend coverage and improve the quality of health services to the poor.

Numerous hospitals and health centres have been reopened and health staff trained to expand the coverage of health assistance.

Expanding Coverage to Children The Santa Clara County Children s Health Initiative.

(m) Giving more appropriate coverage of population and reproductive health issues

Private health care is provided by one private hospital, two private dental surgeries, two private medical complexes and nine private physicians.

In geographic terms, 1999 2002 health coverage improved from 93 per cent in 2001 with 376 health centres and 402 health posts.

b. Health insurance now requiring 50 per cent cost coverage by staff

The possibilities to control maternal health are found in the health care units at different levels of coverage.

Health services in private health institutions are paid in full on a commercial basis.

Cuba developed important geriatric and gerontological health resources and universal coverage of social security and health benefits for older persons.

The expansion of the rural health network in the post conflict situation is a prerequisite for increasing health service coverage.

Obviously, one s health is an area in which private information can be very private indeed.

Australia has a mixed system of public and private health care financing and health care delivery.

Current coverage in our country is 20 per cent we expect to finish our Administration in January 2007 with health coverage levels of 45 per cent.

The Committee notes with appreciation the wide coverage of free health care in the State party.

Attention is drawn to the following indicators, which highlight the key features of health care coverage

Children living in low income families are eligible for premium free health benefits through the Alberta Child Health Benefit. Parents must apply to receive this health coverage for their children.

In the area of health care services, our policy recognizes the right of every citizen to health coverage, and our health care provision is among the best in the world.

Expanding tuberculosis treatment and childhood immunization coverage are two other health investments that the expert panel endorses.

According to the latest Ministry of Health figures, post natal coverage now stands at 92 per cent.

In 2002, U.S. President George W. Bush announced a plan to ensure health care coverage for fetuses under the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP).

Health care in Finland consists of a highly decentralized, three level publicly funded health care system and a much smaller private health care sector.

Healthcare expenditures comprise only 0.6 of private health insurance and public spending.

In Pakistan both the public and private spending on health is low.

Private sector funding accounts for approximately one third of all health expenditure.

Medical care is provided by private practitioners and three government health clinics.

UNICEF reported that although the overall health service coverage had been stable, the utilization and quality of maternal and child health services continued to be jeopardized.

China s national health insurance plan, for example, boasts nearly universal coverage, but the benefits it provides are negligible.

The situation of hospitals and pensions continues to worsen and coverage by the health care system remains low.

The Committee is concerned about the low coverage, quality and insufficient financial resources available to the health system.

On health, the key objective was the achievement of universal coverage of existing standard medical and preventive treatment.

Identifying and remaining vigilant to the existence of disparities in health service coverage constitutes an important starting point.

Provinces with high levels of private insurance coverage, on the other hand, had lower employment rates and slower wage growth.

Two points were raised in this connection, namely that health information systems should be strengthened in terms of their coverage, quality and content, and that use should be made of community based assessment systems to complement the standard system, beyond isolated research with private objectives, to ensure systematic assessment for monitoring and tracking coverage.

They are generally expressed in terms of IMR, CMR, MMR, prenatal and postnatal care coverage, number of deliveries attended by trained health personnel, immunization coverage and identification of high risk pregnancies.

Total expenditure on health (including private sector spending) is around 9.8 of GDP.

Medical care is also provided by private practitioners and three government health clinics.

In spite of coverage with basic form of health protection, a large number of persons is outside the system of health protection, particularly refugees and displaced persons.