This paper outlines changes that have been made in the 2019 version of the Health Equity and Financial Protection … refinements to the estimation of out-of-pocket expenditures. On the health equity side, the 2019 database includes 198 more data …

Public Health Laboratory Networking Project (EAPHLNP). The aim of the evaluation was to document progress and lessons learned …

Setting the context for universal health coverage reforms in LAC -- Universal health coverage policies in LAC …

The Three-Gap Model examines the determinants of low-quality health care by examining the patterns and determinants of … perform-this paper defines three gaps for each health worker: the gap between target performance and what they have the … across health workers in a sample can be used to diagnose failures in the system as well as evaluate the outcomes of policy …

causal links. The evidence on the micro linkages from health investments to productivity and income are robust. Progress in …"This paper reviews the correlations and potential links between health and economic growth and summarizes the evidence … on the role of government in improving health status. At the macroeconomic level, the evidence of an impact of health on …

The Zambian health care system continues to undergo various reforms. The system has experienced health financing and … organizational reforms since 2006. Among the notable and common themes underpinning all the health reforms across the different … health care services are distributed and provided as close to the household or family as possible; and access to quality and …

This report analyzes equity and financial protection in the health sector of Vietnam. In particular, it examines … inequalities in health outcomes, health behavior and health care utilization; benefit incidence analysis; financial protection; and … the progressivity of health care financing. Data are drawn from the 1992-93 and 1997-98 Vietnam living standards survey …

The health equity and financial protection reports are short country-specific volumes that provide a picture of equity … and financial protection in the health sectors of low-and middle-income countries. Topics covered include: inequalities in … health outcomes, health behavior and health care utilization; benefit incidence analysis; financial protection; and the …

The health equity and financial protection reports are short country-specific volumes that provide a picture of equity … and financial protection in the health sectors of low-and middle-income countries. Topics covered include: inequalities in … health outcomes, health behavior and health care utilization; benefit incidence analysis; financial protection; and the …