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.
Improving HTA Collaboration in Asia-Pacific: The Role of HTAsiaLink
The article titled "A Framework for Improved Collaboration on HTA in the Asia-Pacific Region: A Role for HTAsiaLink," published in the International Journal of Technology Assessment in Healthcare examines the crucial role of Health Technology Assessment (HTA) in...
Tackling the impact of cancer on health, the economy and society
The OECD report "Tackling the Impact of Cancer on Health, the Economy and Society" published on 21 November 2024, highlights the substantial burden that cancer imposes on public health systems, economies, and societies across OECD countries. Cancer accounts for one...
Tackling the Impact of Cancer on Health, the Economy and Society: Poland
Cancer remains a major public health challenge in Poland, accounting for one in four premature deaths and leading to an estimated 38,400 premature cancer-related fatalities annually. Future cancer health expenditure is expected to rise significantly due to an aging...
Public funding and young children vaccination coverage: Evidence from Socialist-Oriented Market Economy
Tri-Duc Luong and Dao Le-Van’s study, published in Health Economics Review (Volume 14, Article 95, 2024), examines the relationship between public funding and vaccination rates among children under one year old in Vietnam from 2014 to 2019. The research provides...
Decree setting the conditions and procedures for affiliation and registration with RAMO
This decree sets out the conditions and procedures for affiliation to the compulsory health insurance scheme, in accordance with Articles 4 and 5 of Law N°2021-022 instituting Universal Health Insurance in the Togolese Republic. All natural or legal persons, public or...
Decree establishing the terms and procedures for concluding, suspending and terminating agreements between management bodies and healthcare and service partners
This decree sets out the terms and procedures for concluding, suspending and terminating agreements between management organizations and health care and service providers. Only guaranteed services provided by a public or private health care provider that has signed an...
Decree on the powers, organization and operation of the appeals committee of the universal health insurance management body.
This decree sets out the powers, organization and operation of the appeals committee of the universal health insurance management body. Claims lodged against decisions taken by the universal health insurance management body, with the exception of medical disputes,...
Decree defining the values and nomenclatures of pharmaceutical procedures and products covered by the universal health insurance scheme
This decree defines the values and nomenclatures of pharmaceutical procedures and products covered by the universal health insurance scheme. The Minister of Health and Public Hygiene, the Minister of the Civil Service, Labor and Social Dialogue, the Minister of the...
Decree establishing the terms and conditions of medical control in universal health insurance
The AMU management organization is required to organize a medical inspection to verify the necessity and appropriateness of the care and treatment provided or prescribed for the insured's state of health, and to identify any abuses or fraud in the prescription and...
Decree laying down the conditions and procedures for membership, affiliation and registration with the universal health insurance medical assistance scheme.
This decree lays down the conditions and procedures for enrolment, affiliation and registration under the universal health insurance (AMU) medical assistance scheme (RAM), in accordance with articles 16, 20 and 45 of law no. 2021-022 of October 18, 2021 instituting...
WHO published Health Financing Progress Matrix assessment for Tajikistan
As described here by WHO, this report summarizes the findings of the Health Financing Progress Matrix assessment, WHO’s standardized assessment of a country’s health financing policies, for Tajikistan. The report highlights both strengths and weaknesses in...
Decree establishing the powers of the Minister and the organization and operation of the Ministry of Universal Access to Healthcare
The creation of a new ministerial department essentially dedicated to Universal Access to Health Care was formalized by the present decree N° 2024-029/PR of 09/04/24, which sets out the Minister's remit and the organization and operation of the said ministry in Togo.
Decree setting out the contractual framework between the managing body and AMU’s delegated managing bodies
This decree sets out the contractual framework between the managing body and the delegated managing bodies (DMOs) of universal health insurance, in accordance with article 52 of law no. 2021-022 of October 18, 2021 instituting universal health insurance in the...
The Austrian Health Care System: Key Facts (2019)
The overview of the Austrian health care system developed by the Federal Ministry of Labour, Social Affairs, Health and Consumer Protection of Austria (the Ministry), was edited by a team from the Ministry's subordinate agency Gesundheit Österreich GmbH (Healthy...
Climate and health: a path to strategic co-financing?
The article Climate and health: a path to strategic co-financing? by Josephine Borghi and colleagues, published in the Journal of Health Policy Planning, examines the integration of health and climate financing to address the interconnected challenges posed by climate...