{"id":987773438,"date":"2025-05-31T14:38:25","date_gmt":"2025-05-31T13:38:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/p4h.world\/?post_type=documents&p=987773438"},"modified":"2025-06-09T14:48:22","modified_gmt":"2025-06-09T13:48:22","slug":"navigating-nepals-health-financing-system-a-road-to-universal-health-coverage-amid-epidemiological-and-demographic-transitions","status":"publish","type":"documents","link":"https:\/\/p4h.world\/en\/documents\/navigating-nepals-health-financing-system-a-road-to-universal-health-coverage-amid-epidemiological-and-demographic-transitions\/","title":{"rendered":"Navigating Nepal\u2019s health financing system: A road to universal health coverage amid epidemiological and demographic transitions"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Nepal<\/a> is at a critical juncture in its journey toward universal health coverage (UHC), as it confronts the dual challenges of demographic shifts and a growing burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs). These transitions are driving up out-of-pocket (OOP) healthcare spending and exposing systemic gaps in financial protection. In this context, the study Navigating Nepal\u2019s health financing system undertakes a comprehensive scoping review to map the current status, challenges, and opportunities in Nepal\u2019s health financing policies and programs. Using a framework-guided analysis of 148 sources, the research assesses how effectively Nepal\u2019s financing structures support UHC across service, population, and financial coverage dimensions.<\/p>\n

The findings reveal major inefficiencies, with fragmented social health protection schemes, limited population coverage under the National Health Insurance Program<\/a> (NHIP), and high OOP spending\u2014resulting in significant financial hardship for vulnerable groups. The study calls for structural reforms to improve risk pooling, boost domestic health investment, and ensure equitable and sustainable access to healthcare.<\/p>\n

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Nepal is at a critical juncture in its journey toward universal health coverage (UHC), as it confronts the dual challenges of demographic shifts and a growing burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs). These transitions are driving up out-of-pocket (OOP) healthcare spending and exposing systemic gaps in financial protection. In this context, the study Navigating Nepal\u2019s health…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":559,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":""},"categories":[],"tags":[122,3046,135],"document_type":[2337],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/p4h.world\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/documents\/987773438"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/p4h.world\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/documents"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/p4h.world\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/documents"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/p4h.world\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/559"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/p4h.world\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=987773438"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/p4h.world\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/documents\/987773438\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":987773470,"href":"https:\/\/p4h.world\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/documents\/987773438\/revisions\/987773470"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/p4h.world\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=987773438"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/p4h.world\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=987773438"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/p4h.world\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=987773438"},{"taxonomy":"document_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/p4h.world\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document_type?post=987773438"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}