BACKGROUND In 2015 around 15 million people living with HIV were receiving antiretroviral treatment (ART) in sub-Saharan Africa. Sustained provision of ART, though both prudent and necessary, creates substantial long-term fiscal obligations for countries affected by HIV/AIDS. As donor assistance for health remains constrained, novel financing mechanisms are needed to augment funding domestic so...

BACKGROUND In Austria, financing health care -and even more so mental health care- is characterized by a mix of federal and provincial responsibilities, lack of uniformity in service provision and service providers, and diverse funding arrangements. The division between financing structures for health care and social care makes the situation even more complex. This state of affairs results in v...

background performance-based financing (pbf) has been advanced as a solution to contribute to improving the performance of health systems in developing countries. this is the case in benin. this study aims to analyse how two pbf approaches, piloted in benin, behave during implementation and what effects they produce, through investigating how local stakeholders perceive the introduction of pbf,...

Health system financing is a critical factor in securing universal health care and achieving equity in access and payment. The human rights framework offers valuable guidance for designing a financing strategy that meets these goals. This 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 hum...

This paper deals with the dilemma followed from the double character of knowledge. On the one hand, knowledge is an individual and social good determining quality of life. On the other hand, knowledge is an economical good, a funding concept of the knowledge-based economy. The dilemma is: should knowledge be for free or paid? It is argued in the paper that achievement of knowledge (information)...

INTRODUCTION Health care financing provides the resources and economic incentives for operating health systems and is a key determinant of health system performance. Equitable financing is based on: financial protection, progressive financing and cross-subsidies. This paper describes Uganda's health care financing landscape and documents the key equity issues associated with the current financi...