Guidance Note No. 9 on health care financing
WHO is developing a guidance note to strengthen understanding of the central issues that matter in health financing for universal health coverage (UHC). Addressing decision-makers and their advisors directly, the guide synthesizes lessons learned from reform experiences around the world in a question-and-answer format. The lessons are not a blueprint or a specific recipe book: countries are different, and each health financing reform must be unique and adapted to the local history and current context. Rather, the lessons are principles or signals that point in the direction of effective reforms and support periodic evaluations of progress.
As part of the development and finalization of the document , the WHO health financing team is seeking input from policy makers and experts in the field.
To send your comments on the Guidance Note , please use the online form.
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The document is structured in the form of questions and answers to help answer specific questions in a brief and easy-to-read form. It consists of three main sections.
- Section I discusses important issues and cross-cutting policy concerns related to UHC and approaches to health financing reform.
- Section II presents more detailed questions and answers on specific functions and aspects of health financing reform: revenue collection, pooling, benefit design and rationing, and strategic purchasing, as well as basic implementation issues related to public financial management (PFM) and political economy.
- Section III synthesizes the above lessons into guiding principles on CSU funding.
