Universal Health Coverage is a powerful framework for a nation aiming to protect their population against health risks … health coverage and improve financial protection in the last two decades. The country study, first, takes stock of UHC … progress in Vietnam, examining both the breadth and the depth of health coverage and assessing financial protection and equity …

Beginning in 2003, Turkey initiated a series of reforms under the Health Transformation Program (HTP) that over the … past decade have led to the achievement of universal health coverage (UHC). The progress of Turkey?s health system has few …, if any, parallels in scope and speed. Before the reforms, Turkey?s aggregate health indicators lagged behind those of …

Beginning in 2003, Turkey initiated a series of reforms under the Health Transformation Program (HTP) that over the … past decade have led to the achievement of universal health coverage (UHC). The progress of Turkey?s health system has few … ? if any ? parallels in scope and speed. Before the reforms, Turkey?s aggregate health indicators lagged behind those of …

Countries vary widely with respect to the share of government spending on health, a metric that can serve as a proxy … for the extent to which health is prioritized by governments. World Health Organization (WHO) data estimate that, in 2011 …, health's share of aggregate government expenditure in the 170 countries for which data were available averaged 12 percent …

). Most health actors in both Austria and Hungary do not regard cross-border purchasing of health services as having cost-saving …This paper explores the structure of cross-border health purchasing between Austria and Hungary and determines the size … of this phenomenon as well as the barriers to a further increase. Austrian patients may receive health care treatment in …

also assesses the relative efficiency of spending in education and health. The Slovak Republic spends more on social … benefits and less on wages compared to the EU and OECD average. While it manages to translate the low expenditures into … outcomes in an efficient manner in the education sector, this is not true for health. Moreover, the recent increases in …