Since the Cuban Revolution in 1959, Cuba has made health a national priority and established a public, universal, free, patient-centered system. It is based on prevention and the family physician model, which has enabled it to achieve remarkable health results. By...
The Cabinet of Ministers of Latvia approved the Public Health Guidelines 2021-2027 -- a mid-term planning document guiding the development of the health care system. Responsible institutions: The Ministry of Health is the responsible institution for the implementation...
User charges affect access to health care. In 2018, Estonia lowered thresholds and automated reduced co-payments for medicines via e-prescriptions, removing barriers. This increased eligibility and reduced out-of-pocket costs, improving financial protection. A new...
A health situation analysis was conducted as the basis for the 2010-2019 Dominica health strategic plan. Health financing component is included in section 5 “Resources for Health”.
This analysis of the Armenian health system reviews the developments in organization and governance, health financing, healthcare provision, health reforms and health system performance since 2006.
Armenia has made remarkable strides in development, showing differential growth in varied sectors in Armenia. Emergency systems is one of the sectors which is neglected in the current drive to modernize. The development of emergency care systems is an extremely...
The study conducted by Tsovinar Harutyunyan and Varduhi Hayrumyan in Armenia evaluated public satisfaction with the healthcare system through a phone survey of 576 Yerevan residents. Results revealed 45.5% dissatisfaction and 49% negative views on equal access....
The newly released 2025 Irish national budget includes substantial increases in funding for health. While direct funding to reduce costs to patients is explicit for some aspects of women’s health, this public funding will also benefit patients who use the health...
The Health Sector Program 2020 - 2024 is a program derived from the National Development Plan 2019-2024, which establishes the objectives, strategies and actions with which the different institutions of the Federal Public Administration are governed in order to...
It highlights that the health system in Mexico has undergone changes in its organization, governance and faces challenges in the health profile to achieve universal health coverage. It includes a description of the structure of the health system, medicines, technology...
The Collaborative Research Centre 1342 "Global Dynamics of Social Policy" is an association of eight research institutions at the University of Bremen, cooperating with Jacobs University Bremen, the University of Duisburg-Essen and the University of Cologne. The CRC...
Spain’s national health system (SNS) offers virtually universal, tax-funded healthcare that is free at the point of care, with responsibilities decentralized to regional governments and coordinated nationally by the Ministry of Health. Recent reforms have focused on...
Uzbekistan is gradually introducing state health insurance under a September 5, 2024 presidential decree. Implementation begins October 1 in Tashkent and Syrdarya, expanding to Karakalpakstan by January 1, 2025. The Electronic Health Care system will integrate medical...
This document is the second edition of Thailand’s Health System Review (HiT), providing an update to the 2015 edition. It covers recent developments and changes in Thailand's health system, such as the devolution of subdistrict health centers from the Ministry of...
The Centre for Global Development report, titled "Forecasting the Fallout from AMR: Economic Impacts of Antimicrobial Resistance in Humans," presents a comprehensive analysis of the far-reaching economic and health consequences of antimicrobial resistance (AMR),...
