Abstract Efficiency within the health system is well recognised as key for achieving Universal Health Coverage (UHC). However, equity and efficiency simultaneously often seen a conflicting effort. Using 12 years of data (2003–2014) from selection number low- lower middle-income countries (Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Indonesia, Mongolia, Mozambique, Tajikistan, Togo, Uzbekistan...

Background: Disparity in adult mortality (AM) with reference to social dynamics and health care has not been sufficiently examined. This study aimed to identify the gap in the understanding of AM in relation to religion, political stability, economic level, and universal health coverage (UHC). Methods: A cross-national study was performed with different sources of data, using the administrative...

the united nations (un) sustainable development agenda offers an opportunity to realise the right to health for all. the agenda’s “interlinked and integrated” sustainable development goals (sdgs) provide the prospect of focusing attention and mobilising resources not just for the provision of health services through universal health coverage (uhc), but also for addressing the underlying social,...

Recently published extraordinary article entitled: " implementing pro-poor universal health coverage " depicts an issue of truly global outreach (1). Modern day health system establishments had their historical roots back in the early industrial era of late nineteenth century Europe (2). Risk sharing through introducing the first health insurance funds was initially targeted to protect industri...

This paper discusses whether European institutions should devote so much attention and funding to cross-border healthcare or they should instead prioritise guaranteeing universal health coverage (UHC), "addressing inequalities" and tackling the effects of austerity measures. The paper argues through providing the evidence in both areas of research, that the priority at European level from a pub...

Editorials 801 Global commitment to achieving universal health coverage (UHC) has grown stronger in recent years. 1 With this commitment has come the realization that, for UHC to be attained, the health workforce must possess clinical and non-clinical skills and competencies that respond to actual population needs. 2 The workforce is vital to well-functioning health-care delivery systems and eq...

Financial risk protection is a key component of universal health coverage (UHC), which is defined as access to all needed quality health services without financial hardship. As part of the PLOS Medicine Collection on measurement of UHC, the aim of this paper is to examine and to compare and contrast existing measures of financial risk protection. The paper presents the rationale behind the meth...

Since 2001, when Uganda abolished user fees to improve the accessibility of healthcare, out-of-pocket costs still account for 42% total health expenditure. Even if universal coverage (UHC) is achieved on demand-side, government authorities face political and economic challenges due soaring burden diseases. Therefore, this study aimed re-analyze implementation process according three pillars by ...

In this article, we highlight key considerations for better addressing sexual and reproductive health and rights issues within universal health coverage (UHC), particularly in the context of the post-2015 sustainable development agenda. We look at UHC as a health, development and health care financing issue, and its history. We discuss its limitations as currently understood from a human rights...