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.
Universal Health Coverage Roadmap 2019-2023
The Universal Health Coverage (UHC) roadmap for Somalia aims to achieve equitable and sustainable health outcomes by expanding essential healthcare services and ensuring that the population, particularly vulnerable groups like women and children, can access these...
The Health Sector in Seychelles: Prioritization and Accountability
Seychelles’ public health indicators speak volumes for the results that can be achieved by sustained investment in health focused on World Health Organization–recommended strategies. Health spending indicators for Seychelles show remarkable efficiency in delivering...
Evaluating Ethiopia’s provider payment mechanisms: redesign for universal health coverage
Ethiopia's progress in health improvements faces sustainability challenges due to financial constraints. This peer reviewed study examines the impact of various provider payment mechanisms (PPMs) on health system goals. Line-item budgets are predictable but don't...
Health accounts 2020 and 2021
Togo's Health Accounts for 2020 and 2021 trace the financial flows of health expenditure.The document specifies that the information comes, on the one hand, from primary data for private companies, insurance companies, health mutuals, NGOs and associations, and...
Annual Health Sector Performance Report-2019
According to its executive summary, "the Annual Performance Report (APR) 2019, provides a glimpse of the performance of the health sector in 2019. Under its core leadership and governance mandate, the Ministry of Health (MOH) ensures that strategic policy frameworks...
Utilisation, out-of-pocket payments, and access before and after COVID-19 in Thailand
Thailand’s Universal Coverage Scheme (UCS) is a public health insurance scheme that covers more than 70 percent of the Thai population and is funded through tax revenue. This study examined access to health care among Thai population under the UCS before and during...
Health financing and public financial management in devolved context in the Philippines
The case study of Philippines is a part of a series of case studies, which jointly developed by the World Health Organization and ThinkWell aimed at exploring the implications of decentralization for health financing, with a focus on public financial management (PFM)....
A roadmap towards implementing health technology assessment in Oman
Health technology assessment (HTA) improves the efficiency of resource allocation by facilitating evidence-informed decisions on the value of health technologies. This study aims to create a customized HTA roadmap for Oman based on a gap analysis between the current...
Can people afford to pay for health care? 2021 WHO report on financial protection in North Macedonia
The report "Can people afford to pay for health care? New evidence on financial protection in North Macedonia" provides a comprehensive analysis of financial protection in the country's healthcare system. It examines the extent to which out-of-pocket payments create...
Can people afford to pay for health care? 2018 WHO report on financial protection in Ukraine
The document "Can people afford to pay for health care? New evidence on financial protection in Ukraine" provides an in-depth analysis of financial protection in Ukraine's healthcare system, focusing on out-of-pocket payments, financial hardship, and healthcare...
Public Health Law 41
It establishes the basic principles for the regulation of social relations in the area of public health with the purpose of contributing to guaranteeing health promotion, disease prevention, health restoration, social rehabilitation of patients and social assistance...
Federal Law “On the Fundamentals of Health Protection of Citizens in the Russian Federation”
This Federal Law regulates relations arising from ensuring health protection of citizens in the Russian Federation and determines: 1) legal, organizational and economic foundations for protecting the health of citizens; 2) the rights and obligations of individuals and...
Utilisation of national health insurance program in urban Nepal
This study focuses on Nepal's adoption of a health insurance scheme to support universal health coverage. While various factors impact the program's performance, there is limited evidence on how these factors influence the insurance scheme in Nepal. The study aims to...
Iraq National Health Policy 2014-2023
Iraq’s national health policy defines the principles, objectives and vision for improving population health and nutrition status and reducing inequalities in health all over the country. The policy provides a framework, concrete foundation and attainable direction for...
Addressing the human capital crisis in Iraq
The report examines the critical challenges facing Iraq's human capital, particularly in education, health, and social protection. It analyzes public spending in these sectors and assesses their effectiveness in addressing the country's human development needs.The...