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).
Equity and determinants in universal health coverage indicators in Iraq, 2000–2030: a national and subnational study
This study aims to examine inequality and determinants associated with Iraq’s progress towards universal health coverage (UHC) targets. The authors used nationally representative population-based household surveys in Iraq conducted between 2000 and 2018. The analysis...
ToR for CFP in Kuwait: Technical Support for Health Financing Review, Establishment of Health Economics & Financing Unit, and related Capacity Building
As P4H Country Focal Person (CFP) for Kuwait, Henrik Axelson will provide support to the government and development partners in carrying out a health financing assessment using the Health Financing Progress Matrix (HFPM), establishing a Health Economics and Financing...
Patient-Centered Care: Transforming the Health Care System in Vietnam With Support of Digital Health Technology
Over the recent decades, Vietnam has attained remarkable achievements in all areas of health care. However, shortcomings including health disparities persist particularly with a rapidly aging population. This has resulted in a shift in the disease burden from...
Financing health care in the WHO South-East Asia Region: Time for a reset
Authors: Ajay Tandon, Valeria Oliveira Cruz , Aarushi Bhatnagar, Hui Wang, Trina Haque, and Manoj Jhalani Year: 2021 This paper focuses on the economic impact of COVID-19 on health financing in countries of the World Health Organization (WHO) South-East Asia Region....
Côte d’Ivoire: State Budget Act 2022
Côte d’Ivoire: ANNUAL PERFORMANCE REPORT (APR) FOR YEAR 2020
Côte d’Ivoire: MSHP BUDGET 2020 TO 2022
Socio-demographic predictors of willingness to pay for premium of national health insurance: A cross-sectional survey of six districts in Sierra Leone
The government of Sierra Leone has been exploring the introduction of a social health insurance scheme as a measure to remove financial barriers that put households at a risk of impoverishment in accessing health care. This study was conducted to find out the...
Assessing the feasibility of introducing health insurance in Afghanistan: a qualitative stakeholder analysis
The health financing system in Afghanistan remains fragile due to high out-of-pocket spending and reliance on donor funding. Households’ out-of-pocket expenditures or direct payments for health services account for 73% of total health expenditure with 75% of the...
Improving health service delivery in conflict-affected settings: Lessons from a nationwide strategic purchasing mechanism in Afghanistan
Due to ongoing insecurity, the government of Afghanistan delivers health care to the country’s population by contracting out service delivery to non-governmental organization service providers (SPs). In 2018, major changes to SP contracts were introduced, resulting in...
Measurement and determinants of financial protection in health in Afghanistan
Out of pocket payments for health poses a significant health financing challenge in Afghanistan as they put households at risk of incurring catastrophic health expenditure and potential impoverishment. This study measures and explains the drivers and impacts of this...
Assessment of progress towards universal health coverage for people with disabilities in Afghanistan: a multilevel analysis of repeated cross-sectional surveys
According to the UN Sustainable Development Goal 3, target eight, the provision of quality care to all must include usually underserved groups, including people with disabilities. The paper investigates how much a decade of international investment in the Afghan...
Actuarial study of the proposed single national health insurance (SNHI) scheme in Tanzania: A summary brief
In 2017, Tanzania proposed the SNHI, building on the existing national health insurance fund’s (NHIF) administrative structures to manage contributions and enrol participants. As of October 2017, NHIF, which primarily provides health insurance for the formal sector,...
Strategic purchasing for universal health coverage (UHC): examining the purchaser–provider relationship within a social health insurance scheme in Nigeria
Recognising how important purchasing is in social health insurance, this study critically assesses purchasing arrangements between Nigeria’s national health insurance scheme, health maintenance organisations and healthcare providers. It determines how the arrangements...
Factors affecting utilization of the national health insurance scheme by federal civil servants in Rivers State, Nigeria
This study assessed the utilization of health care and associated factors amongst the federal civil servants using the NHIS in Rivers state, Nigeria. It is a descriptive cross-sectional study using self-administered questionnaires. Findings show that out of a total of...