Global Healthcare Financing
There is a renewed global commitment on achieving universal health coverage (UHC) that is reflected in the increased investment of resources, advocacy efforts and the efforts of countries to design and implement various reforms for UHC. Despite the remark
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Contents Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Global Status of Health Financing and UHC Outcomes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Trends in Global Spending on Health . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Financial Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Service Coverage and Utilization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Theoretical and Conceptual Underpinning of Health Financing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Economics of Health . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Conceptual Framework for Health Financing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Strategies for Revenue Raising . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Strategies for Pooling of Health Funds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Strategies to Ensure Strategic Purchasing for Health . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Provider Payment Mechanisms (PPMs) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Price Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Enablers for Transitioning from Passive to Strategic Purchasing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Benefit Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Priority Setting to Determine What and Who Is Covered . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Explicit Priority Setting to Determine the Depth of Costs Covered . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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G. A. Kabaniha (*) World Health Organization Country Office–India, New Delhi, India e-mail: [email protected] J. E.-O. Ataguba Health Economics Unit, Faculty of Health Sciences, School of Public Health and Family Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa e-mail: [email protected] J. Kutzin Health Systems Governance and Financing Department, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland e-mail: [email protected] © The Editors and the World Health Organizati
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