In 2023, healthcare expenditure in France will reach €325 billion, up 3.5%, driven by hospital care and drugs. Outpatient care continues to lag behind. Out-of-pocket expenses will fall to 7.5%, thanks to the 100% health plan and increased support from the French...
In 2023, French health insurance reimbursed €25.5 billion worth of drugs, or 12% of total expenditure. The increase was driven by innovative treatments and hospital prescriptions. Generics and biosimilars are key to controlling costs. In a press kit published on...
The U.S. withdrawal from the WHO and pause in foreign aid present a dual challenge and opportunity for African nations to transition from donor-dependency to self-reliance in achieving Universal Health Coverage (UHC). By leveraging regional cooperation, local...
Malawi must strengthen its social protection system to combat climate change, economic instability, and poverty. By establishing government farms, enhancing NGO collaboration, and ensuring effective policy implementation, the country can work towards achieving its...
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) presents Optimizing Health Financing: Digital Solutions Against Health Care Inefficiencies, Waste, Abuse, and Fraud, a comprehensive report addressing the critical challenges of fraud, waste, and abuse (FWA) in health financing...
This paper summarises the findings of research into the financialisation of outpatient care across OECD countries. While financialisation was reported to be a concern by a majority of responding countries, how financialisation is taking place also varies depending on...
The National Health Strategy 2023 - 2030 of Romania (labeled as Annex no. 1) and the corresponding Action Plan for the period 2023 - 2030 (labelled as Annex no. 2) are approved by the Government Decision and are available at the Ministry of Health's webpage here. The...
Cross-programmatic inefficiencies in Anambra's health system arise from governance and financing issues, including duplicative roles, misaligned donor priorities, and weak budget implementation. Addressing these root causes could enhance the overall efficiency and...
Nearly 3,000 companies have not affiliated their employees to Senegal's Institutions de Prévoyance Maladie (IPM), revealed Marie Rosalie Ngom Coly, Director of the Institution de Coordination de l'Assurance Maladie Obligatoire (ICAMO). "Generally speaking in Senegal,...
The Ministry of Health and Social Protection presents the health sector report for the period from June 2023 to May 2024, highlighting the progress in objectives, plans and projects contained in the Sector and Institutional Strategic Plan, the main achievements and...
Against a backdrop of heightened financial market volatility and rising central bank interest rates, Caisse d'Amortissement de la Dette Sociale (Cades) has continued its program of social security issues. Its annual report details the initiatives taken to refinance...
In its annual edition of Key Social Security Figures, the Social Security Department (DSS) presents a panorama of indicators on the financing and performance of the social security system's public service for the year 2023.The report published in June 2024 indicates...
On September 24, the French National Health Insurance (Assurance maladie) presented the trend in healthcare reimbursements by the general scheme over the last twelve months. The data published show that reimbursements rose by 4.4% over the period. Spending on...
Following an initial opinion published in April, the Comité d'alerte has published a second opinion on compliance with the National Health Insurance Expenditure Target (Ondam) for 2024. The Ondam target for 2024 was set at €254.9 billion in the last Social Security...
The paper addresses four key themes: the impact of the conflict; the security community's participation in health system recovery and reconstruction; the coordination mechanisms that facilitated or directed the security community's involvement; and the information...
