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Choices in financing health care and old age security : proceedings of a conference sponsored by the Institute of Policy Studies, Singapore, and the World Bank, November 8 1997 / edited by Nicholas Prescott. - Washington, D.C. : [Great Britain] : The World Bank, c1998. - vii, 101 p. : ill. ; 28 cm. - World Bank discussion paper, no. 392 0259-210x ; . - World Bank discussion paper, no. 392. .

Includes bibliographical references.

Keynote Address / Yeo Cheow Tong -- Health Care for Aging Populations: Issues and Options / Jacques van der Gaag and Alexander Preker -- International Comparison of Medical Savings Accounts / Nicholas Prescott and Len M. Nichols -- Financing Health Care in Old Age: A Case Study of Singapore / Kai Hong Phua and Yap Mui Teng -- Comment / Choong May Ling -- Comment / Lim Chin -- Social Security Financing Policies and Rapidly Aging Populations / Aviva Ron -- New Models for Old Age Security: Experiments, Evidence, and Unanswered Questions / Estelle James -- Financial Security in Old Age: A Case Study of Singapore / Linda Low and Aw Tar Choon -- Comment / Lim Han Soon -- Comment / Tom Snyder.

ISBN: 0821342843 (pbk.) : 0821342843 (pbk.) : 0821342843

LCCN: 98197034

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Older people--Medical care--Finance--Congresses.
Social security--Finance--Congresses.

LC Class. No.: RA413.7.A4 / C48 1998

Dewey Class. No.: 338.4336219897 / CHO 1998