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).
Senegal: National health financing strategy 2017
La stratégie nationale de financement de la santé repose sur une vision d’un Sénégal où toutes les populations ont accès à des services de santé de qualité sur la base d’un financement durable respectant les principes d’équité et de solidarité. La...
Côte d’Ivoire: National social protection strategy (2013)
L’élaboration de cette Stratégie Nationale de Protection Sociale découle d’un processus de dialogue national, de recherche, d’analyse d’options politiques et de concertation. Le Gouvernement de Côte d’Ivoire s’inscrit ainsi dans les orientations adoptées au...
Health for All: Transforming economies to deliver what matters
The WHO Council on the Economics of Health for All has released its final report on reimagining how to put Health for All at the heart of government decision-making and private sector collaboration at regional, national and international levels.The WHO's Council on...
Pakistan needs an equitable investment in the health system and collaborative efforts
In the February 2023 issue of The Lancet Global Health, the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) Study Pakistan Collaborators published a comprehensive report analysing the health trends and burden of disease in Pakistan from 1990 to 2019. This study asserts the need to...
Why Health Taxes Matter: A Mechanism to Improve Health and Revenue Outcomes
This Factsheet is first of the Knowledge Note Series of the World Bank's Global Tax Program. The purpose of this note is to provide policy makers an overview of an economic framework for setting health taxes, with a specific focus on taxing tobacco, alcoholic drinks,...
Informal employment and catastrophic health expenditures: Evidence from Pakistan
This research article published by Wiley, estimates the incidence of catastrophic health expenditures (CHEs) and impoverishment across the households in formal and informal employment and their key determinants in Pakistan. Abstract Workers in informal employment...
Неформальная занятость и катастрофические расходы на здравоохранение: Данные по Пакистану
В данной научной статье, опубликованной издательством Wiley, оценивается распространенность катастрофических расходов на здравоохранение (КРЗ) и обнищание населения среди домохозяйств с формальной и неформальной занятостью, а также их основные детерминанты в...
Empleo informal y gastos sanitarios catastróficos: Datos de Pakistán
Este artículo de investigación publicado por Wiley, estima la incidencia de los gastos sanitarios catastróficos (GSC) y el empobrecimiento en los hogares con empleo formal e informal y sus principales determinantes en Pakistán. Resumen Los trabajadores del sector...
Zanzibar Health Services Fund Act 2023
Zanzibar makes accelerated efforts to attain UHC The government of Zanzibar is dedicated to ensuring that every citizen has access to affordable and high-quality healthcare, aiming to achieve universal health coverage (UHC). As part of its ongoing efforts towards UHC,...
Analysis of the changing trend of economic burden of patients with chronic diseases under the Integrated Medical and Health Service System in China
This article is originally published in BMC Public Health, aiming to examine the effects of the integrated medical and health care service system on chronic disease patients' health care behavior and the trend of changes in their financial burden and the composition...
How public health insurance expansion affects healthcare utilizations in middle and low-income households ?: an observational study from national cross-section surveys in Vietnam
This article is originally published in BMC Public Health, aiming to examine the impacts of compulsory public health insurance made through the law amendment on the enrollment, healthcare utilization, and out-of-pocket expenditures of middle- and low-income households...
Purchasing health services under Egypt’s new Universal Health Insurance law: What are the implications for universal health coverage?
This article from the International Journal of Health Planning and Management assesses the purchasing arrangements of health services laid out in Egypt's Universal Health Insurance Law and its implications on health financing. Abstract Background: Egypt's Universal...
Addressing informal payments in the Greek health system
Authored by the WHO Team at the Office for Health Systems Financing, Barcelona Overview The Greek health system is facing major demographic, epidemiological and economic challenges and performance problems due to organizational and operational weaknesses such as...
Effects of public long-term care insurance on the medical service use by older people in South Korea
Abstract Public long-term care insurance (LTCI), which provides home and institutional care benefits, was introduced in July 2008 in South Korea. This study aims to evaluate the effects of the introduction of LTCI on older people's medical service use, including...
Where Does Global Health Funding Come From and Where Does It Go?
This research paper by the South Centre provides an overview of funding in global health, it's sources and spending to improve access to healthcare. Abstract In theory, the World Health Organization (WHO) is the coordinating agency for global health. Influential...