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.
Positioning the national health insurance scheme (NHIS) for financial sustainability and universal health coverage (UHC) in Ghana: A qualitative study among key stakeholders
Ghana introduced the NHIS in 2003 to reduce out-of-pocket payments for health care. Over a decade of its implementation, challenges about the financial sustainability of this pro-poor policy remain despite its critical role in attaining UHC. The authors conducted this...
Health providers and insurance managers perspective on submission and reimbursement of claims under the national health insurance scheme (NHIS) in Ghana
The government of Ghana launched the NHIS in 2003 to improve Ghanaian residents’ access to health services at the point of care by lessening financial barriers. The system continues to face challenges including some related to delays in submission and reimbursement...
Bahrain’s national health insurance system improves access and provision
This chapter from The Report: Bahrain 2020 published by Oxford Business Group outlines how the country’s health insurance system functions in terms of mobilization of funds, government healthcare expenditure as a percentage of GDP and the public primary health care...
Changes in Catastrophic Health Expenditures Depending on Health Policies in Turkey
This peer-reviewed article aims to evaluate the health care services that caused a rise in the ratio of households with catastrophic health expenditures in Turkey since 2012. These had previously been positively affected by the Health Transformation Program and...
Bahrain’s National Health Plan
Bahrain’s Supreme Council of Health published the country’s National Health Plan in 2016 with the objective of adopting modern methods in providing healthcare services to meet the health needs of its citizens starting with primary healthcare promoting optimal...
2. Turkish Health Transformation Program and beyond
This policy brief lays out Turkey’s significantly improved supply of health services under its Health Transformation Program (HTP) between 2003 and 2013. Improved health outcomes, increased health utilization and changes in health financing trends reflect the rise in...
Turkey- Social Insurance and Universal Health Insurance Law
The purpose of this law in Turkey is to outline the government policy on social insurance and universal health insurance and list the types of individuals/ groups who will benefit from such insurances and their specific provisions.
Equity in utilization of health care services in Turkey: an index based analysis
This case study unravels Turkey’s path to universal coverage. It outlines both the transformation of the health system and the performance of the Green Card program. Initially launched in 1992, the Green Card program has seen a rapid expansion in the number of...
Turkish Health Transformation Program and beyond
This policy brief lays out Turkey’s significantly improved supply of health services under its Health Transformation Program (HTP) between 2003 and 2013. Improved health outcomes, increased health utilization and changes in health financing trends reflect the rise in...
Groupe sectoriel santé – Côte d’Ivoire: minutes of June 24 meeting
P4H Annual Review 2020-2021
The COVID-19 pandemic created a profound health and social crisis but has also triggered an unprecedented multilateral response, bringing together political leadership and financial resources at the global level. While we need to fight back against COVID-19 and...