This review represents an attempt to bridge the significant knowledge gaps on the private health sector in Sri Lanka … of health care services. On health service delivery, the review finds that the private sector: includes a range of … public sector for its supply of human resources; and is concentrated in urban areas. The quality of health care services in …

discontinued Jampersal with the launching of the National Health Insurance Program (JKN) on January 1, 2014. The study?s findings …

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 …

While universal health coverage (UHC) offers a powerful goal for a nation, all countries-irrespective of income are … struggling with achieving or sustaining UHC. France is a high-income country where HC is in effect universal. Health …-related costs are covered by a mix of mandatory social health insurance (SHI) and private complementary schemes, while benefit …

Rwanda, led by its Ministry of Health, was the first African country to implement Performance- Based Financing (PBF …) nationwide in its health centers and hospitals. The country then went on to pilot RBF interventions at the community level …. Rewarding community members who provide and use Maternal and Child Health (MCH) services is an innovative form of Results …

Paying health facilities incentives based on their performance is one form of results-based financing (RBF … led by the Ministry of Health (MoH). It pays incentives based on quantity of services provided as well as a quality of …

The aim of Health in All Policies (HiAP) is to bring diverse sectors together to find shared solutions; it focuses on … identifying 'win-win' or 'cobenefits' such that policy measures contribute not only to improved health outcomes but also to … consideration into the policy decision-making process of how public policies and programs affect community health and well-being. It …

This note analyzes levels and trends of health expenditures by country, income group, and region in the context of … Health Organization's (WHO) National Health Accounts, the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) fiscal data bases, and the … World Bank's World Development Indicators. The paper provides snapshots of health financing patterns, both public and …