Health Financing
Health financing is a core function of health systems that can enable progress towards universal health coverage by improving effective service coverage and financial protection. Today, millions of people do not access services due to the cost. Many others receive poor quality of services even when they pay out-of-pocket. Carefully designed and implemented health financing policies can help to address these issues. For example, contracting and payment arrangements can incentivize care coordination and improved quality of care; sufficient and timely disbursement of funds to providers can help to ensure adequate staffing and medicines to treat patients.
There are three main areas under this cluster:
- Health financing policy
- Health financing diagnostics
- Health expenditure tracking
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WHO technical manual on tobacco tax policy and administration
This WHO technical manual on tobacco tax policy and administration builds upon the 2010 WHO technical manual on tobacco tax administration by further detailing...
Responding to the health financing emergency: immediate measures and longer-term shifts
This guidance paper provides a set of health financing-related actions and analytics for countries to consider as they respond to rapid changes in funding...
Regional action framework for health financing to achieve universal health coverage and sustainable development...
The Regional Action Framework for Health Financing to Achieve Universal Health Coverage and Sustainable Development in the Western Pacific was endorsed...
Review of organ transplant packages under Mukhyamantri Ayushman Arogya Yojana in Rajasthan
The Government of Rajasthan has expanded its health protection scheme to also include organ transplant expenses. This study examines key insights and emerging...
Impact Assessment of Mukhya Mantri Chiranjeevi Swasthya Bima Yojana (MM-CSBY) in Rajasthan
This report ascertains the early impact of Mukhya Mantri Chiranjeevi Swasthya Bima Yojana in Rajasthan on some key aspects of health financing objectives...
Institutionalizing revisions of PMJAY provider payment mechanism: a key policy process to enhance strategic...
The policy brief highlights the benefits of enhancing provider payment systems under PMJAY in Chhattisgarh and associated considerations for this transition.
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Exploring the effects of digital technologies in health financing for universal health coverage: a synthesis...
Health Financing Progress Matrix assessment: Sierra Leone 2021
The WHO has developed a Health Financing Progress Matrix, for countries to assess how far they have come in preparing their health financing systems to...
Making progress towards universal health coverage through health financing reforms
In order to setup the health financing system as a solid foundation for progress towards Universal Health Care in Sierra Leone, the Ministry of Health...
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