Tanzania's health reforms using funding schemes show promise for achieving universal health coverage, aligning with goals of strategic health purchasing. This Ifakara Health Institute Study highlights need for stronger financial autonomy for some schemes.Tanzania's...
To monitor nutrition policies and programs, Niger has carried out a series of annual surveys on malnutrition in children under five at national level (known as SMART surveys) since 2005. The SMART 2021 survey was used for this study. These analyses reveal malnutrition...
The Lebanese Health Economic Evaluation Guideline (LEEG) development followed WHO guidelines, involving expert groups, evidence retrieval, surveys, workshops, and international consultation. The transparent process ensures relevance for national healthcare...
Health Economics Review (Biomedcentral) study, 'Universal health coverage in the context of population ageing: catastrophic health expenditure and unmet need for healthcare' reveals disparities in catastrophic health expenditure and unmet needs, highlighting the...
The first of its kind in the Central African Republic, this report presents reliable information on the availability of health services, the general operational capacity of services, the availability and operational capacity of specific health services, comprehensive...
Despite the publicly dominated health service delivery in Thailand, private providers significantly contribute to healthcare access in Bangkok. This study focuses on assessing the current state of contracting private health facilities by two key purchasing agencies:...
In 2016, BPJS Kesehatan has introduced Kapitasi Berbasis Komitmen (KBK) scheme for Puskesmas (community health centres) to encourage primary health care utilization. This study aimed to evaluate its effects based on claims data. BPJS Kesehatan is one of the largest...
This paper, published in the Health Systems and Reform Journal, explores the correlation between Public Financial Management (PFM) quality and health outcomes in sub-Saharan African countries from 2005 to 2018. Public financial management (PFM) theory suggests that...
This study reviews 21 health financing frameworks, classifying them into groups, highlighting their diverse perspectives, and emphasizing their adaptability for policymakers based on local contexts and challenges.The purpose of this study is to review the current...
Published in the International Journal of Health Policy and Management, this scoping review explores diverse frameworks for evaluating health financing systems. This scoping review explores the landscape of health financing frameworks, aiming to understand their...
Study published in Biomed Central identifies challenges related to international financing instruments and development aid for health within the existing literature on global health governance and financing and makes recommendations for how the Pandemic Fund and the...
Scoping review explores AI applications in health financing and future potentials. AI enhances performance in governance, revenue raising, pooling, and strategic purchasing, guiding future policy and capacity development.Artificial Intelligence (AI) represents a...
Age-adjusting expenditure on health A part of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Health Working Papers series, this paper assesses health system performance over time or across countries often means comparing populations with age...
Iran’s primary health care system has evolved since the early 1980s into a model of equitable and community-based health service delivery. Rooted in the principles of the 1978 Alma-Ata Declaration, the system established a nationwide network of rural and urban health...
Findings from a decomposition by disease, health service, sex, and age BMC Health Services Research study decomposes healthcare spending by diseases and other perspectives and estimates the contribution of single cost drivers to overall healthcare spending growth in...
