In advanced outcome-based healthcare segments, insurers are reimbursing providers on the outcomes they deliver for their patients. Outcome-based reimbursements create better incentives for health service...
A health protection system based on social health insurance has had a long tradition in Slovenia. Several forms of health insurance schemes were implemented from 1896 until 1992, when health care reform...
The development objective of the Provincial Public Health Insurance Development Project for Argentina are to: (a) increase utilization and quality of key health services for the uninsured target population;...
In Croatia, the healthcare system is dominated by the presence of the public sector, which ensures universal coverage. The country’s single payer agency accounts for the vast majority of healthcare expenditures...
This special issue examines government efforts that have been adopted since 2011 to address imminent health system challenges in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. It attempts to capture some...
In 1999, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia enacted a law that compels private employers to covernon-Saudi employees with health insurance. In the 16 years that followed, the health sector inthe Kingdom has seen...
For a year and a half, Adeni appealed to three hospitals in Salvador—without success. She approached the private health system, but couldn’t afford the amount charged, of about R$1,400 (US$415).2 She did...
Subsidized voluntary enrollment in government-run health insurance schemes is often proposed as a way of increasing coverage among informal sector workers and their families. This paper reports the results...
Health care expenditures can be financed through a mix of public resources and private spending. Private spending is a much larger share of total health spending in low- and middle-income countries than...
This Results Profile talks about expanding health insurance coverage and access to quality health care in Georgia. The government of Georgia strived to improve the performance of the health system. The...
This Results Profile talks about expanding health insurance coverage and access to quality health care in Georgia. The government of Georgia strived to improve the performance of the health system. The...
This Results Profile talks about expanding health insurance coverage and access to quality health care in Georgia. The government of Georgia strived to improve the performance of the health system. The...
The development challenges of addressing health problems in low- and middle-income countries are daunting but not insurmountable. There are now known and affordable interventions to deal with many aspects...
All companies, no matter which industry they operate in, need to prepare financial statements consisting of a profit and loss account, a balance sheet, funds flow statement and notes to the accounts. These...
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...
This review is one in a series of analytic efforts designed to inform the policy debate related to health financing. The authors review evidence on health financing arrangements in high income countries...