Perspectives There is global consensus on the goals of universal health coverage (UHC), which has been defined as " all people receiving quality health services that meet their needs without exposing them to financial hardship in paying for them. " 1 Yet despite this consensus, it remains unclear how the global health community can achieve universal coverage. The obvious answer is to ensure tha...

To achieve universal health coverage, health systems will have to reach into every community, including the poorest and hardest to access. Since Alma-Ata, inconsistent support of community health workers (CHWs) and failure to integrate them into the health system have impeded full realization of their potential contribution in the context of primary health care. Scaling up and maintaining CHW p...

in responses to norheim’s editorial, this commentary offers reflections from thailand, how the five unacceptable trade-offs were applied to the universal health coverage (uhc) reforms between 1975 and 2002 when the whole 64 million people were covered by one of the three public health insurance systems. this commentary aims to generate global discussions on how best uhc can be gradually achieve...

priority setting of health interventions is generally considered as a valuable approach to support low- and middle-income countries (lmics) in their strive for universal health coverage (uhc). however, present initiatives on priority setting are mainly geared towards the development of more cost-effectiveness information, and this evidence does not sufficiently support countries to make optimal...

BACKGROUND Despite enormous public sector expenditures, the effectiveness of universal coverage for health care in reducing socioeconomic disparities in health has received little attention. STUDY OBJECTIVE s: To evaluate whether universal coverage for health care reduces socioeconomic disparities in health. DESIGN Information on participants of the 1990 Nova Scotia Nutrition Survey was lin...

Background: Despite enormous public sector expenditures, the effectiveness of universal coverage for health care in reducing socioeconomic disparities in health has received little attention. Study objectives: To evaluate whether universal coverage for health care reduces socioeconomic disparities in health. Design: Information on participants of the 1990 Nova Scotia Nutrition Survey was linked...

universal health coverage in thailand: achievement and experiences learned doshmangir l1,2 (msc, phd), rashidian a3,4 (md, phd), bazyar m3* (msc, phd condidate) 1 department of health services management, iranian center of exellence in health management, tabriz university of medical sciences, tabriz, iran 2 tabriz health services management research center, tabriz university of medical sciences...