Assessment of equity in healthcare financing in Fiji and Timor-Leste: a study protocol 2014
This document includes a protocol to assess equity in health financing and service use in Fiji and Timor-Leste that was meant to support government efforts to improve access to healthcare, moving towards universal health coverage, The specific objective of the study...
Assessment of Social Health Insurance Feasibility and Desirability in Fiji 2013
This assessment of the feasibility and desirability of social health insurance (SHI) in Fiji highlights that the current healthcare financing system ensures the financial risk protection and the poor in this country do not face financial barriers in accessing...
Fiji Health Accounts 2011-2015
This National Health Accounts report for Fiji provides health expenditures information for the period of 2011-2015 and tracks health expenditures from financing sources to health services and beneficiaries. An average of 9% of total government expenditure funded the...
Universal Health Coverage Assessment: Republic of the Fiji Islands 2015
The document includes an assessment of the Fijian health system with a focus on the health financing. The general government budget was the main pooling arrangement for health funds and the Ministry of Health purchases health services for the entire population as of...
It takes two to tango: enabling public facilities to participate in purchasing arrangements in Kenya
Low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) across the world are embracing purchasing reforms that, at their core, involve payers reimbursing providers based on outputs. Some have adopted free care policies wherein facilities are compensated for user fees forgone. Others...
Review meeting of the working group on health financing in Niger
The month of June marks the end of the first half-year and the he meeting of Niger's health financing working group was intended as a stock-taking meeting on current issues, with a view to updating the work plan for the 2nd half of the year, taking into account...
WEBINAR – Expanding Financial Protection to Underserved and Socially Excluded Populations
Health inequities are systematic differences in the health status of population groups; social factors, such as education, employment status, income level, gender, and ethnicity influence an individual’s health.[1] Addressing health inequities is important...
Strategic Purchasing Arrangements in Uganda and Their Implications for Universal Health Coverage
Uganda's mixed health financing system creates challenges for achieving universal health coverage but offers opportunities for improvement through better resource pooling and provider autonomy.A new research article published in the Health Systems and Reform Journal...
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Health system performance assessment: new framework for policy analysis
The World Health Organization, UHC2030, the European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies, and the UHC Partnership cordially invite you to the launch of the book ‘Health system performance assessment: a framework for policy analysis’ which introduces a new...