Implementing Health Financing Reforms in Africa: Perspectives of Health System Stewards

Implementing Health Financing Reforms in Southern Africa

This chapter captures the main points discussed in the seminar and deals with each module in turn. The modules are divided into two groups that reflect the framework discussed in the Preface (see figure 1). The first group concerns the mobilization of additional resources through such means as user fees, prepayment schemes, formal insurance systems, and partnerships with the private sector. The...

Reforms to health system financing in Chile

Monetary Policy Expert, International Trade, Transport and Finance Division, ECLAC. The reforms made in the early 1980s profoundly changed the structure and functioning of the health sector in Chile in both the private and the public subsectors. In spite of the considerable advances made since 1990, however, the public-private configuration resulting from those reforms has not allowed the short...

Health Financing Consequences of Implementing Health Transformation Plan in Iran: Achievements and Challenges

evidence of adverse selection in irans health insurance market

در این تحقیق به مطالعه وجود انتخاب نامساعد(کژ گزینی) در بازار بیمه درمان تکمیلی ایران پرداخته شده است. داده های مورد نیاز توسط پرسشنامه و به روش نمونه گیری خوشه ای جمع آوری شده است. پرسشنامه ها در میان افراد شاغل ساکن شهر تهران توریع شد. در این تحقیق با استفاده از تخمین دو مدل لجستیک و به دست آوردن ضریب همبستگی میان تقاضای بیمه درمان تکمیلی و رخداد خسارت به بررسی موضوع مورد نظر پرداخته شده است....

Evaluation of Iran\'s Health Financing System

Background and Aim: The health financing system is "the process of collecting, pooling and managing financial resources and purchasing healthcare services”. Iran's health financing system is facing challenges. The aim of this study was to evaluate the Iranian health financing system.         Materials and Methods: This descriptive study retrospectively evaluated the health financing system of...