Health Financing And Spending In Low And Middle Income Countries

Author : Mihajlo (Michael) Jakovljevic
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
ISBN 13 : 2889743047
Total Pages : 101 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Health Financing and Spending in Low- and Middle-Income Countries written by Mihajlo (Michael) Jakovljevic and published by Frontiers Media SA. This book was released on 2022-02-09 with total page 101 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Pablo Enrique Gottret
Publisher : World Bank Publications
ISBN 13 : 0821375121
Total Pages : 530 pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Good Practices in Health Financing written by Pablo Enrique Gottret and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2008-01-01 with total page 530 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume focuses on nine countries that have completed, or are well along in the process of carrying out, major health financing reforms. These countries have significantly expanded their people's health care coverage or maintained such coverage after prolonged political or economic shocks (e.g., following the collapse ofthe Soviet Union). In doing so, this report seeks to expand the evidence base on "good performance" in health financing reforms in low- and middle-income countries. The countries chosen for the study were Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Estonia, the Kyrgyz Republic, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Tunisia, and Vietnam.

Author : Maria-Luisa Escobar
Publisher : Brookings Institution Press
ISBN 13 : 0815705468
Total Pages : 239 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Impact of Health Insurance in Low- and Middle-income Countries written by Maria-Luisa Escobar and published by Brookings Institution Press. This book was released on 2010 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the past twenty years, many low- and middle-income countries have experimented with health insurance options. While their plans have varied widely in scale and ambition, their goals are the same: to make health services more affordable through the use of public subsidies while also moving care providers partially or fully into competitive markets. Until now, however, we have known little about the actual effects of these dramatic policy changes. Understanding the impact of health insurance-based care is key to the public policy debate of whether to extend insurance to low-income populationsand if so, how to do itor to serve them through other means.

Author : Kara Hanson
Publisher : Emerald Group Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1848556659
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Innovations in Health Care Financing in Low and Middle Income Countries written by Kara Hanson and published by Emerald Group Publishing. This book was released on 2009-06-26 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Low- and middle-income countries face major challenges to their health systems. These include a high burden of communicable disease and an emerging non-communicable disease burden. This work deals with the elements of health care financing, focusing on middle- and low-income settings.

Author : World Bank
Publisher : World Health Organization
ISBN 13 : 9789241546072
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Guide to Producing National Health Accounts written by World Bank and published by World Health Organization. This book was released on 2003 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: National health accounts are a key practical tool for policy-makers interested in evaluating and restructuring their nation's health care financing and assessing financial interventions to improve people's health. This publication provides guidance in developing socioeconomic information to help establish a framework for national health accounts, including defining health expenditure, acquiring and evaluating data, non-survey data sources, using surveys, estimation procedures and financing agents.

Author : Pablo Enrique Gottret
Publisher : World Bank Publications
ISBN 13 : 082136586X
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Health Financing Revisited written by Pablo Enrique Gottret and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2006-01-01 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This overview of health financing tools, policies and trends--with a particular focus on challenges facing developing countries--provides the basis for effective policy-making. Analyzing the current global environment, the book discusses health financing goals in the context of both the underlying health, demographic, social, economic, political and demographic analytics as well as the institutional realities faced by developing countries, and assesses policy options in the context of global evidence, the international aid architecture, cross-sectoral interactions, and countries' macroeconomic frameworks and overall development plans.

Author : Cheryl Cashin
Publisher : World Bank Publications
ISBN 13 : 1464807973
Total Pages : 77 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Health Financing Policy written by Cheryl Cashin and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2016-02-24 with total page 77 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The global movement toward universal health coverage (UHC) is accompanied by requests for large increases in government health spending in some countries. This combined with the global economic situation and stagnant economic growth across many low- and middle-income countries make it more critical than ever to place health financing discussions firmly in the context of macroeconomic and fiscal realities. Unfortunately, there is often a disconnect in decision making, with key fiscal decisions made in the absence of a clear understanding on the one hand of the potential consequences for the health sector, and on the other, the consequences for the country’s macroeconomic and fiscal position of increasing or reallocating government spending. Constructive health financing policy dialogue aims to reach a common understanding between health sector leaders and central budget authorities about policy objectives for the health sector and the resources needed to achieve those objectives, how much priority will be given to health in the government budget, and how the health sector will be held accountable for using funds effectively. This common understanding should be built on a realistic picture of the country’s macroeconomic and fiscal context, the constraints and competing priorities in the budget-setting process. When ministries of health and ministries of finance have a common understanding of macroeconomic and fiscal constraints, discussions can focus productively on using funds within the potential health resource envelope in the most effective way to achieve health system objectives. This guidance note outlines the key components of the macroeconomic, fiscal, and public financial management context that need to be considered for an informed health financing discussion at the country level. The guidance note is organized around four sets of questions that are key to placing the health financing dialogue in the context of a country’s macroeconomic and fiscal context. Each section points to measures, resources, and analytical tools that are available to assist in answering these questions for a specific country. The guidance note draws on case studies from 11 countries moving toward or sustaining universal health coverage conducted as part of the Japan†“World Bank Partnership Program on UHC as well as from other country examples.

Author : John S. Akin
Publisher : World Bank Publications
ISBN 13 : 9780821309001
Total Pages : 104 pages
Book Rating : 4.05/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Financing Health Services in Developing Countries written by John S. Akin and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 1987-01-01 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report discusses several different approaches that support reforming health care services in developing countries. For some time now, health care services have been supported by government funds. As demands for improving health care services continue to increase additional demands will be placed on governments to respond. This, however, will not be easy. Slow economic growth and record budget deficits in the 1980's have forced reductions in public spending. Alternative approaches to finance health care services are needed. Such possible changes could involve: decentralization of federal government involvement; the promotion of nongovernment involvement; the imposition of user fees; and, establishing health insurance. Finally, the role of the Bank in pursuing new financing strategies is discussed.

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Publisher : World Health Organization
ISBN 13 : 9240040374
Total Pages : 68 pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Global spending on health written by and published by World Health Organization. This book was released on 2021-12-15 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Publisher : World Health Organization
ISBN 13 : 9240040293
Total Pages : 44 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)

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Download or read book New perspectives on global health spending for universal health coverage written by and published by World Health Organization. This book was released on 2021-12-15 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: