This study assesses the impact of social health insurance schemes on accessibility and financial catastrophe against catastrophic health expenditures for older people in Lao PDR.Findings shows that despite the existence of various social health insurance schemes,...
This decree defines the implementation of compulsory health insurance in the Republic of Benin.Health insurance is taken out either with the National Social Welfare Agency or any successor public body, or with an insurance company or organization approved in Benin or...
A study in Ethiopia shows public servants' willingness to pay for social health insurance linked to income, education, and awareness.A recent systematic review and meta-analysis conducted in Ethiopia has revealed crucial insights into the willingness of public...
The entity in charge of providing health insurance to public employees will start charging co-payments for medical consultations in the province of Buenos Aires. Due to the need to make adjustments for inflation, the president of the public employees' welfare fund...
According to the 2019-2024 Management Report of the General Hospital of Mexico "Dr. Eduardo Liceaga", the free medical care program was able to eliminate economic barriers and also ensure that more people could receive quality medical care. The hospital's general...
This study investigated health financing challenges in achieving UHC among countries in Southeast Asia using a systematic review. The study also provided policy recommendations at regional and national levels. The 10 countries were included in the systematic review:...
This study investigated the effect of supplementary private health insurance (PHI) on out-of-pocket payment (OOP) inpatient medical expenditure in Malaysia. Secondary data analysis was conducted using the Malaysian National Health and Morbidity Survey 2019...
This article is the first part of the series. This research article comprehensively evaluated China's progress towards universal health coverage over the past two decades by identifying the achievements and gaps in service coverage and financial risk protection that...
This study aimed to analyze the impact of different enrollment characteristics of basic health insurance on the health of the mobile population and to investigate the mediating role of health service utilization behavior in China.Findings showed that health insurance...
The Nation reported that Thailand has introduced a health insurance coverage scheme for tourists in case of accidents subsidized by the government, starting from January 2024. Furthermore, the article adds, Tourism and Sports Minister Sudawan Wangsuphakijkosol said at...
This study assessed the distribution of health financing benefits and burdens across income groups in Indonesia, post-financing reforms. Utilizing cross-sectional nationally representative data, benefit incidence analyses (BIA) and financing incidence analyses (FIA)...
Thailand's National Health Security Office (NHSO) facilitated a knowledge exchange session with the Government of India during 29th to 31st, January 2024, as reported by the NHSO. The session involved participation from eight delegates representing the Health and...
The Social Security Financing Bill for 2024 was adopted on Wednesday September 27 by the Council of Ministers.The hospital federations (FHF, FHP, Fehap, Fnehad and Unicancer) agree that the level of inflation was "notoriously underestimated" when drawing up the 2023...
In its report titled "Transforming the health system in Uzbekistan: two-year implementation review", WHO showcases Uzbekistan's recent health system reforms and provides recommendations related to primary health care, health financing and e-health solutions -- the...
On September 27, the government said it knew how to reduce healthcare expenditure by 3.5 billion euros by 2024.According to the Social Security Financing Bill (PLFSS) for 2024, without new savings measures, the national health insurance expenditure target (Ondam)...
