The number of documents available on the P4H Network’s digital platform reflects 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).
A return on investment analysis for the 2017 increase in alcohol excise taxation in Lithuania
A recent study published in Addiction by Jürgen Rehm, Pol Rovira, Ahmed S. Hassan, Claire de Oliveira, Shannon Lange, Mark J. Thompson, Ilona Tamutienė, Vaida Liutkutė-Gumarov, and colleagues evaluates the impact of Lithuania’s 2017 alcohol excise tax increase. The...
Law of the Republic of Lithuania on Health Insurance
This is the Law of the Republic of Lithuania on Insuring Health (I-1343), signed on May 21, 1996 by Algirdas Brazauskas, President of the Republic of Lithuania. The attached file contains the latest amendments introduced by Law No. XIV-2335 on December 14, 2023. This...
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...
Reimagining governance for strategic purchasing: evidence from 10 countries in eastern Europe and central Asia
The WHO Barcelona Office for Health Systems Financing has published this policy paper as part of a series. It is a study on health purchasing governance in 10 countries in eastern Europe and central Asia (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Estonia, Georgia, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia,...