The study, titled "Effects of public long-term care insurance on the medical service use by older people in South Korea," was authored by Yoon-Min Cho and Soonman Kwon and published in Health Economics, Policy and Law. In South Korea, public long-term care insurance...
Effects of private health insurance on medical expenditure and health service utilization
The study, titled "Effects of Private Health Insurance on Medical Expenditure and Health Service Utilization in South Korea: A Quantile Regression Analysis," was authored by Kristine Namhee Kwon and Wankyo Chung and published in BMC Health Services Research. In South...
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Malaysia’s Health Ministry considers establishing National Health Fund
Malaysia has announced an initiative to establish a National Health Fund aimed at improving the financing of public healthcare services by pooling funds from diverse sources.According to New Straits Times, as reported by Nor Ain Mohamed Radhi, the Health Minister...
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Training workshop on implementation of the Social Assistance Family Package Programme and awareness raising on the Health Equity Fund
On 24 June 2024, the National Social Assistance Fund (NSAF), in collaboration with GIZ Cambodia and the P4H Network and presided over by Mr. Hour Tola, Deputy Director General of NSAF, conducted a training workshop in Siem Reap province, Cambodia.The workshop aimed to...
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Japan to discuss health insurance coverage for childbirth
In Japan, the government will begin comprehensive discussions on expanding public health insurance coverage to childbirth for fiscal 2026, as the current coverage generally does not cover childbirth costs.The Health Ministry and the Children and Families Agency will...
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Indonesia pushes for health transformation
Indonesia's Coordinating Economic Minister Airlangga Hartarto has underscored the need for health transformation to achieve the Golden Indonesia 2045 vision.According to Antara News, as report by Rahmad Nasution, on June 6, 2024, Coordinating Minister for Economic...
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New Zealand: Health budget 2024
New Zealand's 2024 health budget prioritizes frontline health services and workers to ensure healthcare access for all citizens.The top three new health investments (operating and capital) include: (1) hospital and specialist services, (2) primary, community, and...
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Singapore’s senior citizens to get additional MediSave top-ups
Beginning in July, Singapore will offer additional MediSave top-ups to senior citizens to ensure the affordability of MediShield Life premiums.These top-ups will be provided in addition to the annual GST Voucher-MediSave top-ups for eligible Singaporeans aged 65 and...
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Japanese prefecture launches the first health insurance scheme for family members of Vietnamese workers
Yamanashi Prefecture in Japan has introduced the first health insurance program for family members of Vietnamese workers in response to population aging and labor shortages.The Yamanashi prefecture collaborates with Tokio Marine Insurance Vietnam Company to develop a...
Extending universal health coverage to informal workers: a systematic review of health financing schemes in low- and middle- income countries in Southeast Asia
This systematic review aims to synthesize the published evidence of the extent to which health financing schemes aimed at extending universal health coverage (UHC) to informal workers (IWs) in low- and middle-income countries in Southeast Asia have improved...
National health insurance contribution to family planning program funding in Indonesia: a fund flow analysis
This study aims to evaluate the contribution of Jaminan Kesehatan Nasional (JKN), a national health insurance scheme, to the overall spending for the family planning (FP) program in Indonesia.Findings indicate that in 2019, over than half of Indonesia’s family...
Beyond reducing direct medical cost: examining health outcomes in tuberculosis through a difference-in-differences analysis of South Korea’s out-of-pocket payment exception policy
This study aims to investigate the effects of out-of-pocket (OOP) exemption policy on treatment outcomes in Korean patients with tuberculosis.The study classifies health insurance beneficiaries who benefited from the out-of-pocket payment exemption policy as the...
Bangladesh Position Paper on UHC 2023
Bangladesh has made significant strides in healthcare but faces persistent inequalities, especially in rural and marginalized communities. Collaboration between stakeholders is essential to achieve UHC, ensuring equitable access to quality healthcare for all citizens...
The Social Security Act 2075 (2018)
The Government of Nepal has framed the Contribution Based Social Security Regulations, 2018 (2075) by exercising the power conferred to it under Section 69 of the Contribution based Social Security ActThe Social Security Regulations has prescribed certain matters as...
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Strengthening health budget execution in Lao PDR and Peru: Lessons from LHSS-JLN learning exchange
Lao PDR and Peru improved their health budget execution by implementing tailored strategies with support from the LHSS-JLN Health Budget Execution Learning Exchange. For countries striving to improve health budget execution, learning from others' successful approaches...