Perspectives on financing population-based health care towards universal health coverage (UHC) among employed individuals in Ghanzi district, Botswana
Although health care in Botswana is highly subsidized and mainly financed through government taxes (68 %), 4.2% of the households still pay out of pocket exposing them to the risk of catastrophic health expenditures. In Botswana, 83% of the general population and 58%...
An assessment of financial catastrophe and impoverishment from out-of-pocket (OOP) health care payments in Swaziland
Financial health protection is one of the priority areas in the move towards universal health coverage (UHC) (WHO, 2010). As the drive towards UHC is gaining momentum globally, the need for assessing levels of financial health protection in countries, particularity...
Is universal health coverage (UHC) via social health insurance financially feasible in Swaziland?
Most African countries have committed to attaining (UHC, with millions of households struggling with high out-of-pocket (OOP) expenditures for health services. Generally speaking, tax-based health financing and social health insurance (SHI) are among the domestic...
Swaziland essential health care package: A case study
An essential health benefit (EHB) is a policy intervention designed to direct resources to priority areas of health service delivery to reduce disease burdens and ensure equity in health. Many low income countries introduced or updated EHBs in the 2000s. In Swaziland...
Swaziland second national health sector strategic plan (NHSSP II) 2014- 2018: Towards attainment of universal health coverage (UHC)
The Swaziland’s NHSSP II represents the medium-term strategic focus for the health sector to support attainment of the national development agenda. It is designed around the need to attain UHC with health and related services as defined in the country’s essential...
Patient-Centered Care: Transforming the Health Care System in Vietnam With Support of Digital Health Technology
'The aim of this paper was to explore the opportunities, challenges, and necessary conditions for Vietnam in transforming toward a patient-centered care model to produce better health for people and reduce health care costs.'
Towards universal health coverage (UHC) in Uganda: A multi-sectoral approach
Uganda’s goal for UHC is to provide at least 65% of its population quality healthcare and financial protection by 2030. However, at 44% coverage in 2018, the country is far from reaching that goal. This policy brief analyses the low performance on UHC and makes a case...
Who pays for and who benefits from health care services in Uganda?
Equity in health care entails payment for health services according to the capacity to pay and the receipt of benefits according to need. It is an essential element of universal health coverage. In Uganda, as in many African countries, although equity is extolled in...
Question and answer booklet on the planned national health insurance scheme in Uganda
Health Insurance is a way of financing health care where individuals or households’ contributions are pooled together, so when members fall sick they access a defined package of health services without having to pay out of pocket. This has the potential to protect...
Uganda’s national health accounts (NHA) for 2014/15 and 2015/16
Health Financing is critical to achieving health systems agenda. The overall purpose of the NHA study is to provide data for countries to monitor health spending across multiple streams, regardless of the entity or institution that financed and managed that spending...