China has already transitioned into a society deeply affected by ageing demographics. The study examines the impact of population ageing on health financing and the sustainability of current healthcare financing models in China.This study discusses challenges faced by...
This review aims to identify the financing and policy challenges for Medicare and universal health care in Australia, as well as opportunities for whole-of-system strengthening.More than 70 articles were identified and classified challenges into seven major themes...
This study investigated health financing challenges in achieving UHC among countries in Southeast Asia using a systematic review. The study also provided policy recommendations at regional and national levels. The 10 countries were included in the systematic review:...
Access to diagnostic testing, particularly basic tests at the primary care level, exhibits a notable disparity within low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs). It is crucial for these countries to incorporate diagnostics into their universal health coverage...
Abstract This Health system summary is based on the Estonia: Health System Review published in 2018 in the Health Systems in Transition (HiT) series, and is significantly updated, including data, policy developments and relevant reforms as highlighted by the Health...
This report presents the findings of Namibia’s health sector's first Public Expenditure Review (PER). A PER is a comprehensive analysis of public spending over time, assessing its quantity and quality in relation to policy goals and performance indicators. Among...
Starting in the financial year 2018/19, the Ministry of Health (MOH) began implementing Results-Based Financing (RBF) under the Uganda Reproductive, Maternal, and Child Health Improvement Project (URMCHIP). To operationalize RBF, the MOH introduced performance-linked...
The world health organisation defines UHC as everyone having access to required health services of high quality without suffering financial hardship. UHC is embedded within the 3.8 target of sustainable development goals. To attain the UHC goal, there is need for...
One of the key targets of sustainable development goal 3.8 is UHC which requires that all persons irrespective of their social economic background should have access to quality health services when required without incurring financial hardship. To attain this goal,...
The cost of healthcare in Saudi Arabia continues to rise at an alarming rate, challenging the sustainability of the public healthcare system. This paper reviews various identified payment models that can be used to contain costs and improve the quality of the care...
The NHIF amendment bill is part of Government of Kenya plan for achieving UHC. The goal of the UHC program is to provide health care for all based on need-not on ability to pay. One of the proposals in the 2021 NHIF amendment bill stipulates that all Kenyans must be...
Reliance on out-of-pocket (OOP) payments to finance health care is a barrier to health care access and can result in the impoverishment of households. Health care in Kenya is financed from three main sources: OOP expenditure (households), government expenditure and...
