P4P programs and their potential impact on the performance of health systems in a diversity of settings. This book … provides critical insights into the experience to date with P4P and how this tool may be better leveraged to improve health …

This report assesses how Kazakhstan measures up in the development and application of its national health accounts …, delivering a set of recommendations to improve the country’s health care financing information. As Kazakhstan has made … significant economic progress over recent decades, health has risen on the policy agenda with a number of sector reforms …

Following a brief pause after the economic crisis, health expenditure is rising again in most OECD countries. Yet, a … considerable part of this health expenditure makes little or no contribution to improving people's health. In some cases, it even … results in worse health outcomes. Countries could potentially spend significantly less on health care with no impact on health …

COVID-19 is the most significant public health emergency in more than a century, caused a global economic crisis, and … investments to strengthen health system resilience. There is a need to protect people’s underlying health; fortify the foundations … of health systems; and bolster health professionals working on the frontline. This report identifies a set of priority …