The many documents available on the P4H Network’s digital platform reflect the network’s scope of work. The majority of documents are primary source materials created by country nationals or resources produced by organizations working in social health protection (SHP) and/or health financing (HF).
The collection provides information on SHP and/or HF reforms and universal health coverage processes from around the world as well as topical analysis and research.
Can people afford to pay for health care- Evidence on financial protection in 40 countries in Europe
The WHO Barcelona Office for Health Systems Financing has published a report reviewing financial protection in 40 countries in Europe.Financial protection – affordable access to health care – is undermined when out-of-pocket payments for health care lead to financial...
Advancing Universal Health Coverage: What Developing Countries Can Learn from the Israeli Experience?
This working paper documents Israel’s experience in implementing universal health coverage amid challenges of insufficient coverage, cost containment, health system equity and a growing private sector. The Israeli health care system has benefited greatly from its...
Rethinking the private-public mix in healthcare: Analysis of health reforms in Israel during the last three decades
While most discussions surrounding the private-public partnerships in health care focuses on financing infrastructure, in Israel, the public-private mix has become a central way of financing and delivering services in wake of diminishing public funding. This paper...
Private expenditures on healthcare: determinants patterns and progressivity aspects
This journal paper discusses how private spending by Israelis on health care is related to the income of individuals and their place of residence, and the inequity in access to care that ensues. It also analyses the progressivity of public financing in Israel which is...
Adapting the Israeli national health insurance law to the 21st Century- a report from the 19th Dead Sea conference
This report charts the history of the National Health Insurance Law (NHIL) passed in 1995 that enabled sustainable, high-quality medical care to all eligible Israeli residents. It is based on key takeaways from the 19th annual Dead Sea conference (held by the Israel...
Changes in the activity levels and financing sources of Israel’s private for-profit hospitals in the wake of reforms to the public-private divide
The study aims to identify, describe and analyse changes in private hospitals in the volume of publicly and privately funded elective procedures, and private health expenditure for surgical procedures. Since 2015, several reforms and programmes have been initiated in...