Improving financial protection and access to health care for citizens is the key financing issues in Kyrgyzstan. In 2016, the Ministry of Health of Kyrgyzstan celebrated the anniversary of the mandatory health insurance system – the main vehicle of Universal Health...
Health financing reform is a fundamentally political process. Yet, evidence on the interplay between domestic politics, international aid and the technical dimensions of health financing systems, particularly in the former Soviet Union and Central Asia, remains...
The paper published on 20 January 2020 analyses three key issues in the reform of public health care funding in the Russian Federation: the lack of funds to cover the state guarantees of free medical care to the population; the lack of coordination between...
This analysis of the Georgian health system reviews developments in its organization and governance, health financing, health care provision, health reforms and health system performance. Since 2012, political commitment to improving access to health care, to...
People in Latvia will maintain access to healthcare services in the framework of mandatory health insurance by 2021, regardless of insurance payments made. Recently the Latvian parliament passed as draft amendments to the Latvian Healthcare Funding Law in the final...
In 2017, the Estonian government addressed the longstanding challenge of financial sustainability of the health system by expanding its revenue base. As a relatively low-spending country on health, Estonia relies predominantly on payroll contributions from the working...
WHO/EURO, EC and the European Observatory launched COVID 19 policy responses in European countries. This monitoring platform covers the issues relating to preventing transmission, ensuring sufficient physical infrastructure and workforce capacity, providing health...
CAPACITY-BUILDING MEETING FOR PARLIAMENTARIANS ON UNIVERSAL HEALTH COVERAGE 1st Presentation : Presentation of Universal Health Coverage 2nd Presentation: Summary of work on the CSU project 3rd Presentation: Presentation of the draft law on the CSU
The National Social Protection Policy design was coordinnated by the Ministry of Economy and PLanning. It was supported by UNICEF, ILO and WHO
This is the first of the learning briefs produced by PSI on strategic purchasing.
Creating a package of services
Calculating a capitation payment
Targeting poor households
Introducing performance-based incentives
Continuous learning and problem solving
