"Provides up-to-date research on the theories and applications of health economics. Presents approaches to health … tools and methods in dealing with health care challenges faced by LMIC countries." …

Despite the country’s policies and programs towards universal health care, health is not improving as well as expected …, which suggests that households still face significant barriers to their choice of and access to health care, and their … timing of use of health services. Using a nationally representative sample of households, we investigate the factors that …

One of the major challenges in the Philippine health sector is to secure adequacy of appropriate health facilities. To … address this problem, the Health Facilities Enhancement Program (HFEP) was implemented by the Department of Health (DOH) in … 2007. Specifically, HFEP aims to improve facilities such as health centers and barangay health stations to sufficiently …

Focusing on poor people in low-income countries (LICs) entails a price constraint for those planning to supply health … insurance. The challenge is to price health insurance at a level that ensures a balance between expenditure and income, at least … than one individual, e.g. entire households or entire communities, as is typical for mutual and community-based health …

Health system financing is a critical factor in securing universal health care and achieving equity in access and … article presents a rights-based approach to health care financing developed by the human right to health care movement in the … United States. Grounded in a human rights analysis of private, market-based health insurance, advocates make the case for …