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.
Effect of insurance on out-of-pocket health care spending in Peru 2007-2019
With information obtained from household surveys, the study aims to measure the impact of affiliation to either private or public health insurance on out-of-pocket health expenditure in Peru between 2007-2019.The research results show that the variables adults over 65...
Catastrophic health expenditure during the COVID-19 pandemic in five countries: a time-series analysis
The October Edition of Lancet Global Health has published a research article on catastrophic health expenditure during the COVID 19 Pandemic in 2020 in five countries with available household expenditure data: Belarus, Mexico, Peru, Russia, and Viet Nam.The COVID-19...
Law 27812 Determines the Sources of Financing of Comprehensive Health Insurance in Peru.
The budget of the Seguro Integral de Salud (SIS) must have internal and external sources of financing for its sustainability over time and the fulfillment of the mission for which it was created. These include ordinary resources from the General Budget of the...
Comprehensive health insurance in Peru and the new challenges for universal coverage
The Seguro Integral de Salud (SIS) was established in 2002 and is Peru's main effort to expand health coverage. The SIS seeks to reduce economic barriers by eliminating user fees for a package of care. Although its budget has remained low, the SIS has played an...
Universal health insurance in Peru: an approximation 10 years after its implementation
The design of the Universal Health Insurance (AUS) policy prioritized the financial dimension of the health system, focusing on aspects of allocative efficiency and equity in terms of financial protection, based on the theory of quasi-markets where the State's...
Framework Law for Universal Health Insurance in Peru
The purpose of Framework Law 29344, enacted on April 8, 2009, is to establish the regulatory framework for universal health insurance, in order to guarantee the full and progressive right of every person to social security in health, as well as to regulate access and...
Health insurance coverage: the Peruvian case from the Universal Insurance Law
The document shows the evolution of health insurance coverage (CAS) in Peru for the period 2009-2017. It also evaluates the main associated demographic, social and economic factors, using a secondary analysis of the National Household Survey. For each year, they...
Law 29761 on public financing of the subsidized and semi-contributory regimes of Universal Health Insurance in Peru.
The Essential Health Insurance Plan (PEAS) of the subsidized and semi-contributory systems is financed with resources from budgetary appropriations and contributions. Budgetary appropriations are allocated annually to the Comprehensive Health Insurance based on the...
Health financing in Peru: Analysis of the current situation and policy challenges to 2021
Peru faces the challenge of the financial transition of its health system, which consists of replacing a scheme highly dependent on out-of-pocket spending to a pooled system where health system users use pre-payment systems and/or health insurance to share the...
Health sector financing in Peru
The document includes an analysis of the functioning and restrictions of financing management in Peru, as a basis for the financial coverage of health services, to guarantee effective access for the population and improve their health status. Total health spending...
Financing for universal health coverage in Peru after Covid-19
The document presents critical aspects of health care delivery and financing, proposing some improvements systematized in a roadmap for their implementation, without considering public procurement and human resources in health. Between 2013 and 2019, health spending...