BACKGROUND Most low- and middle-income countries (LMIC) rely significantly on private health expenditure in the form of out-of-pocket payments (OOP) and voluntary health insurance (VHI). This paper assesses VHI expenditure trends in LMIC and explores possible explanations. This illuminates challenges deriving from changes in VHI expenditure as countries aim to progress equitably towards univers...

Thailand achieved Universal Health Coverage (UHC) in 2002 through three main public health insurance schemes; the tax-financed Civil Servant Medical Benefit Scheme (CSMBS) covers sector employees and dependants (7.1% of total population), payroll-tax financed Social Insurance (SHI) private (17.2%), (UCS) remaining majority (75.7%) [1,2]. Registered migrant workers are covered by SHI while volun...

Global health is standing at a crossroads. The past decade has been a glorious period for global health because aid to the health sector has surged, and newly formed public–private partnerships have increased the effectiveness of development assistance. Japan has played a significant part, for example by leading discussions at the G8 Kyushu-Okinawa Summit in 2000 and by helping in the establish...

In an editorial published in this journal, Baltussen et al argue that information on cost-effectiveness is not sufficient for priority setting for universal health coverage (UHC), a claim which is correct as far as it goes. However, their focus on the procedural legitimacy of 'micro' priority setting processes (eg, decisions concerning the reimbursement of specific interventions), and their rel...

Pelayanan kesehatan dasar menjadi sorotan dalam agenda global SDGs pada target Universal Health Coverage (UHC). Agenda (UHC) menuntut cakupan data mengenai lokasi fasilitas dan populasi yang dapat dilayani untuk memastikan bahwa semua orang memperoleh dibutuhkan. Namun kenyataannya terjadi disparitas penyediaan infrastruktur. Banyak terkonsentrasi di perkotaan akibat aksesibilitas. Ketidakmerat...

The declaration of universal health coverage (UHC) as a sustainable development goal (SDG), in 2015 was global resolution to building world free diseases and disease-related deaths. is tandem with many other work frames the United Nations under chaperone World organization create healthier society. Hence, every country agreed pursue this mission part UN’s goals, targeting 2030 project finish li...

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 and Objectives: One of the data sources for monitoring the progress towards Sustainable Development Goals and Universal Health Coverage (UHC) is household surveys such as Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS) and Demographic and health Survey (DHS).  This study was conducted to assess the implementation of these surveys in the Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMR) to evaluate the exp...

Abstract The aspiration of the Goal 3 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to “ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at ages” is derived from both “right health” norm in field international human rights “health (HFA)” goal development. principle “Leave no one behind” achieving SDGs logically endorsed by right health HFA. First, communicable diseases have become perceived as a thre...