Sri Lanka's health system has a long track record of strong performance. This case study describes the main features and achievements of Sri Lanka's high-performing health system, to distill lessons for the rest of the world. UNICO case studies focus on a particular health coverage program. In...

The majority of developing countries will fail to achieve their targets for Universal Health Coverage (UHC) and the health- and poverty-related Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) unless they take urgent steps to strengthen their health financing. The UHC financing agenda fits squarely within...

This paper provides an overview of research on out-of-pocket health expenditures, reviewing the various summary measures and the results of multi-country studies using these measures. The paper presents estimates for 146 countries from all World Bank income groups for all summary measures, along...

Die vorliegende Untersuchung soll zeigen, ob eine Selbstbeteiligung ein wirksames Instrument zur Begrenzung der Arzneimittelnachfrage ist. Voraussetzung dafür ist die Kenntnis der nachfragebestimmenden Faktoren für Arzneimittel und deren Wirkung auf die Preis-, Mengen- und Strukturkomponenten....