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Health Financing in Ghana [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
The report is divided into five chapters. This chapter provides background on demographic and epidemiological trends, the configuration of Ghana's health system, and health financing functions and health systems goals. It also describes Ghana's health financing system.
Schieber, George   +3 more
openaire   +1 more source

Financing Public Health in Europe [PDF]

open access: yesDas Gesundheitswesen, 2013
The aim of this study was to ascertain the levels and mechanisms of funding public health in Europe.A review of published and unpublished documents and expenditure data was undertaken.Expenditure on public health in Europe is difficult to determine, but data from national health accounts suggest that it differs greatly across countries, both as a ...
Bernd Rechel, Helmut Brand, Martin McKee
openaire   +2 more sources

Health Financing in Sub-Saharan Africa: From Analytical Frameworks to Empirical Evaluation

open access: yesApplied Health Economics and Health Policy, 2020
Health financing is central to the functioning of health systems and the attainment of health-related sustainable development goals, including universal health coverage (UHC).
Augustine Asante, W. Wasike, J. Ataguba
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Productivity change of national health systems in the WHO Eastern Mediterranean region: application of DEA-based Malmquist productivity index

open access: yesGlobal Health Research and Policy, 2018
Background The pursuit of efficiency and productivity is one of the goals of health systems. In the era of Sustainable Development Goals and particularly the move towards universal health coverage, it is imperative to curb wastage of resources to ensure ...
Maysoun Dimachkie Masri, Eyob Zere Asbu
doaj   +1 more source

Predictors of Optimal Antenatal Care Service Utilization Among Adolescents and Adult Women in Bangladesh

open access: yesHealth Services Research & Managerial Epidemiology, 2018
Introduction: Utilization of recommended antenatal care (ANC) throughout the pregnancy period is a proven healthy behavior in reducing maternal mortalities and morbidities.
Nausad Ali   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Prevalence and associated determinants of malaria parasites among Kenyan children

open access: yesTropical Medicine and Health, 2017
Background Approximately 80% of deaths attributed to malaria worldwide occurred mainly in Africa in 2015. Kenya is one of the major malaria endemic countries, making malaria the leading public health concern in this country.
Marufa Sultana   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Financing transformative health systems towards achievement of the health Sustainable Development Goals: a model for projected resource needs in 67 low-income and middle-income countries

open access: yesThe Lancet Global Health, 2017
Background: The ambitious development agenda of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) requires substantial investments across several sectors, including for SDG 3 (healthy lives and wellbeing).
Karin Stenberg, MSc   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

Policy dialogue and participation: a new way of crafting a national health financing strategy in Morocco

open access: yesHealth Research Policy and Systems, 2020
Background Policy dialogue for health policies has started to gain importance in recent years, especially for complex issues such as health financing. Moroccan health financing has faced several challenges during the last years.
E. Akhnif   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Unaffordability of COVID-19 tests: assessing age-related inequalities in 83 countries

open access: yesInternational Journal for Equity in Health, 2022
Background Diagnostic testing for SARS-CoV-2 is critical to manage the pandemic and its different waves. The requirement to pay out-of-pocket (OOP) for testing potentially represents both a financial barrier to access and, for those who manage to make ...
Gabriela Flores   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Employment based health financing does not support gender equity in universal health coverage

open access: yesBritish medical journal, 2020
Health financing and entitlement systems linked to employment can disadvantage women, argue Lavanya Vijayasingham and ...
Lavanya Vijayasingham   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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