Over the last two decades, the Peruvian government has made great efforts to improve access to health care by … significantly augmenting the coverage of the non-contributory public health care system Seguro Integral de Salud (SIS). This … expansion has a positive impact on welfare and public health indicators, as it limits the risk of catastrophic health …

We review Greek public sector healthcare policies and health-related outcomes since 2010.We find that excess spending … was successfully curtailed, elements of the institutional framework were modernized, and health outcomes have been …

Despite the increasing interest in universal health care, little is known about the optimal way to finance, design, and … to be designed to ensure the system’s financial viability. Regarding the optimal way to implement universal health care …, certain preconditions are needed, including sound public administration, a small informal economy, and a transparent health …

High and rapidly rising health care costs in the United States and growing ranks of uninsured persons have brought … health care reform to the top of the U.S. Administration’s policy agenda. This paper describes the health care financing … coverage under managed competition and its ability to deal with the equity and efficiency problems in the U.S. health care …

This paper describes how economic behavior in the market for health care in the United States is influenced by a range … of impediments to the functioning of the price mechanism which impart an upward bias to health care costs and imply … efficiency losses. The paper also considers how to reform the health care sector, with particular emphasis on finding a way of …

Health policy has been for some time high on the agenda of many countries--and where it has not, it should be. Since no … ideal model of health services has ever been devised 9 one may look for favorable elements in the health sector of a given … country and examine their applicability to other countries. This paper analyzes Israel’s health sector in this context …

Demands for ramping up health expenditures are at an all-time high. Countries' needs for additional health resources … include responding to the COVID-19 pandemic, closing gaps in achieving the Sustainable Development Goal in health in most … raising health spending focuses policymakers' attention on ensuring that resources are used efficiently. How sizable are the …