Sources of health financing and health outcomes: A panel data analysis
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DOI: 10.1002/hec.3817
Abstract: We study the differential impacts of public and private sources of health spending on health outcomes using a triple difference approach. We find that private health spending has on average a higher health-promoting effect than… read more here.
Keywords: health outcomes; health spending; health financing; health ... See more keywords
Performance-Based Financing, Basic Packages of Health Services and User-Fee Exemption Mechanisms: An Analysis of Health-Financing Policy Integration in Three Fragile and Conflict-Affected Settings
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DOI: 10.1007/s40258-020-00567-8
Abstract: As performance-based financing (PBF) is increasingly implemented across sub-Saharan Africa, some authors have suggested that it could be a ‘stepping stone’ for health-system strengthening and broad health-financing reforms. However, so far, few studies have looked… read more here.
Keywords: health financing; basic packages; financing; pbf ... See more keywords
The Global South political economy of health financing and spending landscape – history and presence
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DOI: 10.1080/13696998.2021.2007691
Abstract: Abstract The Global South nations and their statehoods have presented a driving force of economic and social development through most of the written history of humankind. China and India have been traditionally accounted as the… read more here.
Keywords: health; global south; political economy; landscape ... See more keywords
Exploring the determinants of distress health financing in Cambodia
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DOI: 10.1093/heapol/czz006
Abstract: Abstract Borrowing is a common coping strategy for households to meet healthcare costs in countries where social health protection is limited or non-existent. Borrowing with interest, hereinafter termed distress health financing or distress financing, can… read more here.
Keywords: determinants distress; distress health; distress financing; health financing ... See more keywords
Does tax-based health financing offer protection from financial catastrophe? Findings from a household economic impact survey of ischaemic heart disease in Malaysia.
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DOI: 10.1093/inthealth/ihw054
Abstract: BACKGROUND Malaysia is an upper-middle income country with a tax-based health financing system. Health care is relatively affordable, and safety nets are provided for the needy. The objectives of this study were to determine the… read more here.
Keywords: heart; malaysia; health spending; health financing ... See more keywords
Reviewing the evidence on health financing for effective coverage: do financial incentives work?
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DOI: 10.1136/bmjgh-2022-009932
Abstract: The widening gap between improving healthcare coverage rates and stagnating health outcomes across low-income and middle-income countries highlights the need for investments in quality of care, in addition to access. New research, presented in a… read more here.
Keywords: health financing; health; quality; coverage ... See more keywords
Factors Affecting the Successful Implementation of a Digital Intervention for Health Financing in a Low-Resource Setting at Scale: Semistructured Interview Study With Health Care Workers and Management Staff
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DOI: 10.2196/38818
Abstract: Background Digital interventions for health financing, if implemented at scale, have the potential to improve health system performance by reducing transaction costs and improving data-driven decision-making. However, many interventions never reach sustainability, and evidence on… read more here.
Keywords: health financing; health; scale; management ... See more keywords
Public Health Financing and Responses to COVID-19: Lessons from South Korea
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DOI: 10.3390/healthcare10040750
Abstract: Health financing strategies contribute significantly to containing the outbreak of the Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). This study aims to reassess Korea’s financing strategies in response to COVID-19 in 2020, to ascertain its effects and sustainability.… read more here.
Keywords: health financing; health; financing responses; public health ... See more keywords
The Impact of Business Cycle on Health Financing: Subsidized, Voluntary and Out-of-Pocket Health Spending
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DOI: 10.3390/ijerph17061928
Abstract: Diverse types of healthcare systems in countries offer opportunities to explore the heterogeneous sources of health financing. This paper widely explores the effect of the business cycle on subsidized, voluntary and out-of-pocket health spending in… read more here.
Keywords: health; spending; health financing; business cycle ... See more keywords
Health Financing Reforms in Uganda: Dispelling the Fears and Misconceptions Related to Introduction of a National Health Insurance Scheme
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DOI: 10.34172/ijhpm.2022.7348
Abstract: Uganda introduced health financing reforms that entailed abolition of user fees, and in due process planned to introduce a National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS). This paper accentuates a contextual and political-economic analysis that dispels the… read more here.
Keywords: health financing; health; financing reforms; insurance scheme ... See more keywords
NATIONAL HEALTH FINANCING SYSTEMS AGAINST THE BACKDROP OF A GLOBAL PANDEMIC: NEW CHALLENGES AND PROSPECTS.
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DOI: 10.36740/wlek202205228
Abstract: OBJECTIVE The aim: The purpose of the article is to study the challenges and prospects for the development of national health financing systems against the background of a pandemic. PATIENTS AND METHODS Materials and methods:… read more here.
Keywords: health financing; health; financing systems; challenges prospects ... See more keywords