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DOCUMENT | 30 Jul 2021

The impact of National Health Insurance upon accessibility of health services and financial protection from catastrophic health expenditure: a case study of Savannakhet province, the Lao People’s Democratic Republic

Lao People’s Democratic Republic

This study aims to assess the effectiveness of the National Health Insurance (NHI) Scheme in terms of its accessibility and in providing financial protection from catastrophic health expenditure. The data collection process was implemented in hospitals of two...

DOCUMENT | 23 Jul 2021

What is a Mutuelle de santé?

Madagascar

Given Madagascar's socio-economic situation, studies by national and international experts show that only 8% of the population would be able to contribute to a "mutual health insurance scheme", in the highest hypothesis. If the Malagasy government were to choose to...

DOCUMENT | 23 Jul 2021

Why shouldn’t the response to the COVID-19 pandemic be pitted against the CSU?

Madagascar

The response to the COVID-19 pandemic must be coherent and long-term. The risk is of taking a truncated approach, focusing only on short-term needs and interests, and pitting health safety and CSU against each other. Responding adequately to pandemics is a key...

DOCUMENT | 23 Jul 2021

Madagascar : Accelerating the implementation of the CSU: Why? How?

Madagascar

Three priority actions: ► Adopt the Health Financial Protection for All Bill (Pillar 2 of the CSU) currently under preparation. ► Adopt a genuine healthcare financing strategy ► Enable free access for the entire population to a priority basic care package at the CSB...

DOCUMENT | 23 Jul 2021

74th World Health Assembly: Challenges and roadmap for Madagascar

Madagascar

Although this issue relates more to pillar 1 of the CSU (provision of effective, quality health care and services), it is of particular importance in Madagascar, given the ongoing process of drafting a law on financial protection in health care for all users (pillar 2...

DOCUMENT | 17 Jul 2021

The Effect of Ethiopia’s Community-Based Health Insurance Scheme on Revenues and Quality of Care

Ethiopia

This paper relies on a difference-in-differences approach applied to both panel and cross-section data. We find that CBHI-affiliated facilities experience a 111% increase in annual outpatient visits and annual revenues increase by 47%. Increased revenues are used to...

DOCUMENT | 16 Jul 2021

Is UHC Affordable? Estimated Costs and Fiscal Space Analysis for the Ethiopian Essential Health Services Package

Ethiopia

Estimating the required resources for implementing an essential health services package (EHSP) is vital to examine its feasibility and affordability. This study aimed to estimate the financial resources required to implement the Ethiopian EHSP from 2020 to 2030....

DOCUMENT | 16 Jul 2021

Revision of the Ethiopian Essential Health Service Package: An Explication of the Process and Methods Used

Ethiopia

To make progress toward universal health coverage, countries should define the type and mix of health services that respond to their populations’ needs. Ethiopia revised its essential health services package (EHSP) in 2019. This paper describes the process,...

DOCUMENT | 16 Jul 2021

Towards Universal Health Coverage in Ethiopia’s ‘developmental state’? The political drivers of health insurance

Ethiopia

This paper employs a process tracing methodology to examine the political drivers of the adoption and evolution of state health insurance based on 28 key informant interviews conducted between 2015 and 2018 with politicians, policymakers and donor officials. The...

DOCUMENT | 28 May 2021

Purchasing reforms and tracking health resources, Kenya (December 2019)

Kenya

As low- and middle-income countries undertake health financing reforms to achieve universal health coverage, there is renewed interest in making allocation of pooled funds to health-care providers more strategic. To make purchasing more strategic, countries are...

DOCUMENT | 07 May 2021

The evolution of social health insurance in Vietnam and its role towards achieving universal health coverage

Vietnam

DOCUMENT | 13 Apr 2021

Preventing Fraud and Deficit Through The Optimization of Health Insurance In Indonesia

Indonesia

The Badan Penyelenggara Jaminan Sosial Kesehatan, commonly known as the BPJS Kesehatan, Indonesia’s public health Insurance agency was established as a public legal body to provide universal healthcare to its citizens. However, the financial deficit in the system...

DOCUMENT | 18 Dec 2020

Universal Health Coverage in the United Kingdom

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

DOCUMENT | 30 Sep 2020

Policy dialogue and participation: a new way of crafting a national health financing strategy in Morocco

Key messages of the paper Policy dialogue approaches legitimise the adoption of a health financing strategy. Participation in designing health financing strategies is important for a shared vision on health financing. Policy dialogue for health financing strategies...

DOCUMENT | 04 Jun 2020

Austrian Government and institution measures in response to COVID-19

Austria

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The impact of National Health Insurance upon accessibility of health services and financial protection from catastrophic health expenditure: a case study of Savannakhet province, the Lao People’s Democratic Republic

What is a Mutuelle de santé?

Why shouldn’t the response to the COVID-19 pandemic be pitted against the CSU?

Madagascar : Accelerating the implementation of the CSU: Why? How?

74th World Health Assembly: Challenges and roadmap for Madagascar

The Effect of Ethiopia’s Community-Based Health Insurance Scheme on Revenues and Quality of Care

Is UHC Affordable? Estimated Costs and Fiscal Space Analysis for the Ethiopian Essential Health Services Package

Revision of the Ethiopian Essential Health Service Package: An Explication of the Process and Methods Used

Towards Universal Health Coverage in Ethiopia’s ‘developmental state’? The political drivers of health insurance

Purchasing reforms and tracking health resources, Kenya (December 2019)

The evolution of social health insurance in Vietnam and its role towards achieving universal health coverage

Preventing Fraud and Deficit Through The Optimization of Health Insurance In Indonesia

Universal Health Coverage in the United Kingdom

Policy dialogue and participation: a new way of crafting a national health financing strategy in Morocco

Austrian Government and institution measures in response to COVID-19

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