Universal Health Coverage Partnership annual report 2022
Universal Health Coverage Partnership annual report 2022

Author: World Health Organization

Publisher: World Health Organization

Published: 2024-07-31

Total Pages: 136

ISBN-13: 9240089349

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The UHC Partnership (UHC-P) is a collaborative agreement between WHO, several donors (namely: the EU, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, Irish Aid, the Government of Japan, the French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs, Germany, Canada, Belgium and the UK Department for International Development) and a number of partner countries (currently, 125 partner countries across all six WHO regions) to support policy dialogue on national health policies, strategies, and plans (NHPSPs) and UHC -and it is part of the WHO Special Programme on Primary Health Care (SP-PHC). Its overall objective being to improve health sector results in concerned countries, it aims at building country capacities (and strengthening country processes) for the development, negotiation, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of robust and comprehensive NHPSPs with a view on promoting UHC; health in all policies; and people-centered primary care -as indeed, investments in quality primary health care (PHC) will be the cornerstone for achieving UHC around the world. The purpose of this publication is to document accomplishments of the UHC-P in 2022 for the 125 partner countries. The annual UHC-P report serves as a single report to all nine donors supporting the Partnership. It will provide a synthesis of activities and results achieved in all the participating countries; present a range of country examples related to the major areas of work; and also elaborate on how the UHC-P achieved sustainable buy-in of partners and stakeholders at the country level in the different countries concerned.

Health Information Exchange
Health Information Exchange

Author: Brian Dixon

Publisher: Academic Press

Published: 2022-11-13

Total Pages: 733

ISBN-13: 0323908039

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Health Information Exchange: Navigating and Managing a Network of Health Information Systems, Second Edition, now fully updated, is a practical guide on how to understand, manage and make use of a health information exchange infrastructure, which moves patient-centered information within the health care system. The book informs and guides the development of new infrastructures as well as the management of existing and expanding infrastructures across the globe. Sections explore the reasons for the health information exchange (HIE) infrastructures, how to manage them, examines the key drivers of HIE, and barriers to their widespread use. In addition, the book explains the underlying technologies and methods for conducting HIE across communities as well as nations. Finally, the book explains the principles of governing an organization that chiefly moves protected health information around. The text unravels the complexities of HIE and provides guidance for those who need to access HIE data and support operations. - Encompasses comprehensive knowledge on the technology and governance of health information exchanges (HIEs) - Presents business school style case studies that explore why a given HIE has or hasn't been successful - Discusses the kinds of data and practical examples of the infrastructure required to exchange clinical data to support modern medicine in a world of disparate EHR systems

Research for Universal Health Coverage
Research for Universal Health Coverage

Author: Christopher Dye

Publisher: World Health Organization

Published: 2013

Total Pages: 164

ISBN-13: 9241564598

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"The World Health Report: research for universal health coverage" focuses on the importance of research in advancing progress towards universal health coverage. In addition, it identifies the benefits of increased investment in health research by low- and middle-income countries using case studies from around the world, and proposes ways to further strengthen this type of research.

Essentials of Health Economics
Essentials of Health Economics

Author: Diane M Dewar

Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Learning

Published: 2024-11-06

Total Pages: 226

ISBN-13: 1284017869

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"Essentials of Health Economics studies the public health care system through the lens of economics. Provides a basic understanding of economic theory as it relates to the public health system and the delivery of health care in the U.S. Including numerous examples and profiles related to the field, it relays the importance and relevance of health economics as well as how it relates to more general analysis of health policy issues. Written with the non-specialist in mind, focusing on how to do descriptive, explanatory and evaluative economics in a systematic way"--

Health Insurance Across Worldwide Health Systems
Health Insurance Across Worldwide Health Systems

Author: Aida Isabel Tavares

Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand

Published: 2024-03-13

Total Pages: 208

ISBN-13: 085466212X

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Health insurance is the mechanism used to respond to uncertainty and risk aversion to illness. Health insurance, whether private, public, or mixed, serves as the main structural foundation for health systems across countries. Its objectives are to minimize the financial burden of medical expenses on people and to enhance population health. Globally, there is a great diversity of health systems and even greater variation among them. There are substantial differences in health systems and health insurance between low- and middle-income nations. The primary explanation for this could be the disparities in the resources available to fund the health system. High-income countries have the financing ability to fund the provision of health care, whereas low- and medium-income countries have a harder time funding health care. Another challenge health systems face nowadays is the achievement of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 3: healthy lives and promoting well-being for all. To create resilient and sustainable health systems that guarantee healthy lives and foster well-being for people of all ages, many countries are redesigning their healthcare systems by improving financing, access, and coverage. This book discusses these issues in different health systems around the world, in low-, middle-, and high-income countries.

2020 annual report of the Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research
2020 annual report of the Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research

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Publisher: World Health Organization

Published: 2021-04-26

Total Pages: 29

ISBN-13: 9240024123

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In 2020, the Alliance supported 18 ongoing projects, representing 145 grants across 38 countries. Find out more about these projects and how they are supporting the development of the field of health policy and systems research in this year's annual report. The report is organized around our core objectives: working together, empowering leaders, advancing knowledge and informing policy. We also look back at long-term investments that the Alliance has made to support greater capacity for health policy and systems research in Ethiopia.

Going Universal
Going Universal

Author: Daniel Cotlear

Publisher: World Bank Publications

Published: 2015-09-28

Total Pages: 289

ISBN-13: 146480611X

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This book is about 24 developing countries that have embarked on the journey towards universal health coverage (UHC) following a bottom-up approach, with a special focus on the poor and vulnerable, through a systematic data collection that provides practical insights to policymakers and practitioners. Each of the UHC programs analyzed in this book is seeking to overcome the legacy of inequality by tackling both a “financing gap†? and a “provision gap†?: the financing gap (or lower per capita spending on the poor) by spending additional resources in a pro-poor way; the provision gap (or underperformance of service delivery for the poor) by expanding supply and changing incentives in a variety of ways. The prevailing view seems to indicate that UHC require not just more money, but also a focus on changing the rules of the game for spending health system resources. The book does not attempt to identify best practices, but rather aims to help policy makers understand the options they face, and help develop a new operational research agenda. The main chapters are focused on providing a granular understanding of policy design, while the appendixes offer a systematic review of the literature attempting to evaluate UHC program impact on access to services, on financial protection, and on health outcomes.