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Pooling arrangements in health financing systems: a proposed classification

International Journal for Equity in Health, 2019
Objectives The function of pooling and the ways that countries organize this is critical for countries’ progress towards universal health coverage, but its potential as a policy instrument has not received much attention.
Inke Mathauer, Priyanka Saksena, Joe Kutzin   +2 more
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Social Finance and Health

Across the globe, countries are struggling with growing pressures on publicly funded health systems and difficulties transitioning toward Universal Health Coverage (UHC). This situation is in the context of obstinate and widening health inequalities. New ways to fund health systems and improve health are needed. One potential response is social finance.
McHugh, Neil, Biosca Artinano, Olga, Donaldson, Cam   +2 more
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Health Care Expenditures Associated With Pollution: Exploratory Methods and Findings

Annals of Global Health, 2017
BackgroundThe research done for this paper is part of the background analysis undertaken to support the work of the Global Commission on Pollution, Health and Development, an initiative of The Lancet, the Global Alliance on Health and Pollution, and the ...
Alexander S. Preker, Olusoji O. Adeyi, Marisa Gil Lapetra, Diane-Charlotte Simon, Eric Keuffel   +4 more
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Barriers to access and factors associated with health care utilization among the adult homeless population in Dhaka, Bangladesh: a mixed method cross-sectional study

BMC Public Health
Background The barriers faced by homeless individuals in accessing healthcare and the factors associated with their healthcare utilization in low- and middle-income countries like Bangladesh remain understudied. This study aims to assess individual-level
Md. Golam Rabbani, Orin Akter, Halima Akter Prova, Md. Samiul Huda, Tahseen Tawseef, Md. Zahid Hasan, Taufique Joarder, Shehrin Shaila Mahmood, Hasnat M. Alamgir   +8 more
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The global landscape of country-level health technology assessment processes: A survey among 104 countries

Health Policy Open
To make progress towards universal health coverage (UHC), countries need to be able to develop and implement evidence-informed and inclusive processes for decision-making to inform what services are provided and purchased.
Andrew J. Mirelman, Kratu Goel, Tessa Tan-Torres Edejer   +2 more
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Progress on catastrophic health spending in 133 countries: a retrospective observational study

The Lancet Global Health, 2018
Background: The goal of universal health coverage (UHC) requires inter alia that families who get needed health care do not suffer undue financial hardship as a result.
Adam Wagstaff, DPhil, Gabriela Flores, PhD, Justine Hsu, MSc, Marc-François Smitz, MSc, Kateryna Chepynoga, MA, Leander R Buisman, PhD, Kim van Wilgenburg, MSc, Patrick Eozenou, PhD   +7 more
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Financing women's health care

Women's Health Issues, 1993
A presentation featuring Karen Scott Collins, MD, MPH, of the School of Hygiene and Public Health, Johns Hopkins University; Vicki L. Romero of the Women's Hospital of Baton Rouge, Louisiana; and Carolyn Drummond of the Daughters of Charity National Health System. Serving as moderator was Iris Shannon, RN, PhD, of Rush University College of Nursing and
K S, Collins, V L, Romero, C, Drummond, I, Shannon   +3 more
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Effect of a public health protection scheme for the below-poverty-line population on out-of-pocket inpatient care expenditure in Bangladesh: findings from a quasi-experimental study

BMC Health Services Research
Background In Bangladesh, households’ out-of-pocket (OOP) health expenditure accounts for 68.5% of the total health expenditure. The Government of Bangladesh has been implementing a pilot health protection scheme called Shasthyo Surokhsha Karmasuchi (SSK)
Md. Golam Rabbani, Md. Zahid Hasan, Gazi Golam Mehdi, Mohammad Wahid Ahmed, Md. Nurul Amin, Mohammad Shahadt Hossain Mahmud, Ziaul Islam, Shehrin Shaila Mahmood   +7 more
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Conditional cash transfers to improve use of health facilities by mothers and newborns in conflict affected countries, a prospective population based intervention study from Afghanistan

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2019
Background The effects of conditional cash transfer (CCT) programs on maternal and child health (MCH) service use in conflicted affected countries such as Afghanistan are not known.
Karen M. Edmond, Abo Ishmael Foshanji, Malalai Naziri, Ariel Higgins-Steele, Jane Machlin Burke, Natalie Strobel, Farhad Farewar   +6 more
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Principles of Health Care Financing [PDF]

Pediatrics, 2010
The American Academy of Pediatrics advocates that all children must have health insurance coverage that ensures them access to affordable and comprehensive quality care. Access to care depends on the design and implementation of payment systems that ensure the economic viability of the medical home; support and grow the professional pediatric workforce;
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