Value-based payment for high-cost treatments in Singapore
Risk-sharing agreements (RSAs) have been introduced to allocate risk between payers and pharmaceutical companies, often taking the form of outcome-based or financial-based models. This study seeks to explore the perspectives of key stakeholders within Singapore’s...
Free medical care a reality in Guinea
Reproductive and child health services are now accessible thanks to the Health Services and Capacity Building Project (PRSCS). This World Bank-funded project has increased the number of births attended by skilled health personnel by a factor of more than ten. At the...
Targeted free healthcare for the needy in Matoto
Out of 81 cases examined by the Technical Department for Indigence and Health Infrastructures, 41 are now benefiting from free health care. In Matoto, one of the twelve communes that make up the city of Conakry, the Indigence Fund has handed out vouchers. According to...
The impact of the health microinsurance on the utilization of health services among migrant workers
Despite the implementation of public health insurance schemes for migrant workers in Thailand, coverage gap exists within this population. The M-FUND is a low-cost, not-for-profit health protection scheme designed specifically for migrant workers in Thailand,...
Malaysia’s Ministry of Health explores adoption of Diagnostic Related Groups
Malaysia’s Health Minister has announced that Ministry of Health is exploring the adoption of the Diagnostic Related Groups (DRG) payment system in private hospitals to address rising healthcare costs.According to The Edge Malaysia, as reported by Syafiqah Salim,...
Government Announces Major NHS Funding Boost as Part of Autumn Budget 2024
The UK government, led by Chancellor Rachel Reeves, has confirmed its plan of action for the extra billions allocated to the NHS in the Autumn Budget 2024. This day-to-day health budget increase is the largest boost of its kind since 2010, excluding the Covid-19...
Slovenian parliament passes law to transform health insurance
On Thursday, the Slovenian parliament passed a historic reform of the Health Care and Health Insurance Act (Zakon o zdravstvenem varstvu in zdravstvenem zavarovanju, ZZVZZ), abolishing the flat-rate supplementary health insurance and replacing it with a mandatory...
Sibut, a symbol of the resilience of the Central African health system
The Central African Republic and the World Bank are linked by a partnership whose symbol is perhaps the Sibut district hospital. Despite the stigma of the violence that has marked CAR's history over the past two decades, the health infrastructure has taken on a new...
P4H Annual Review 2023-2024 – Annex
P4H Annual Review 2023-2024
Looking back on the twelve months from July 2023 through June 2024, the P4H Network reflects on its continuing reach – and relevance – across the globe.New results were achieved thanks to the commitment of the P4H Network’s members, cochairs, funders and partnerships...
The impact of Artificial Intelligence in Italy from finance to healthcare
Italy could save approximately €21.74 billion annually by using AI in healthcare, cutting costs by 10-15%. AI could automate up to 36% of tasks in the health and social sectors, allowing human resources to focus on higher-value activities and improving system...
Report to the Congress of the Republic 2023-2024
The Ministry of Health and Social Protection presents the health sector report for the period from June 2023 to May 2024, highlighting the progress in objectives, plans and projects contained in the Sector and Institutional Strategic Plan, the main achievements and...
Health Care Act of Finland, 2010
The Health Care Act of Finland No. 1326/2010, issued in Helsinki on 30 December 2010, provides a comprehensive legal framework for organizing and delivering health care services, ensuring that all residents have equitable access to high-quality health care. The Act...
Health crisis in Angola
With their budgets cut by 50% as a direct consequence of the fall in oil prices, Angolan public hospitals are finding it increasingly difficult to meet their obligations.The fall in oil prices is having a terrible impact on the Angolan economy. One of the hardest hit...
Plan Comores Émergent 2030
The vision of the Plan Comores Émergent is to foster "a strong economy in which the industrial sector, particularly manufacturing, plays a major role in wealth creation and in the modernization of the Comorian economy". According to the President of the Union of the...