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Universal health coverage evolution, ongoing trend, and future challenge: A conceptual and historical policy review.
Publication Type: Academic Journal
Source(s): Frontiers in public health [Front Public Health] 2023 Feb 03; Vol. 11, pp. 1041459. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Feb 03 (Print Publication: 2023).
Abstract: The goal of universal health coverage (UHC) from the United Nations (UN) has metamorphized from its early phase of primary health care (PHC) to the recent sustainable development goal (SDG). In this context, we aimed to document theoretical and philoso...
Is Nigeria on course to achieve universal health coverage in the context of its epidemiological and financing transition? A knowledge, capacity and policy gap analysis (a qualitative study).
Publication Type: Academic Journal
Source(s): BMJ open [BMJ Open] 2023 Mar 10; Vol. 13 (3), pp. e064710. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Mar 10.
Abstract: Objectives: This study aimed to assess Nigeria's preparedness to finance and drive the universal health coverage (UHC) agenda within the context of changing health conditions and resource needs associated with the disease, demographic and funding trans...
Insurance-based disparities in breast cancer treatment pathways in a universal healthcare system: a qualitative study.
Publication Type: Academic Journal
Source(s): BMC health services research [BMC Health Serv Res] 2023 Feb 03; Vol. 23 (1), pp. 112. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Feb 03.
Abstract: Background: The influence of healthcare system factors on treatment pathways for breast cancer has been studied extensively in lower-middle-income countries (LMICs), but in upper-middle-income countries (UMICs), this area is understudied. This article ...
Effects of public and external health spending on out-of-pocket payments for healthcare in sub-Saharan Africa.
Publication Type: Academic Journal
Source(s): Health policy and planning [Health Policy Plan] 2022 Oct 12; Vol. 37 (9), pp. 1129-1137.
Abstract: Financing healthcare in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is characterized by high levels of out-of-pocket (OOP) payments for healthcare. This renders many individuals vulnerable to poverty and deviates from the Universal Health Coverage (UHC) goal of providing...
Challenges in moving toward universal health coverage: rising cost of outpatient care among Vietnam's insured rural residents, 2006-2018.
Publication Type: Academic Journal
Source(s): Public health [Public Health] 2023 Feb; Vol. 215, pp. 56-65. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Jan 13.
Abstract: Objectives: The aim of this study was to assess temporal trends in out-of-pocket (OOP) expenditures per outpatient contact by the insured residents in rural Vietnam.Study Design: This was a repeated cross-sectional study.Methods: Seven biennial waves f...
Addiction to a bad idea, especially in low- and middle-income countries: Contributory health insurance.
Publication Type: Academic Journal
Source(s): Social science & medicine (1982) [Soc Sci Med] 2023 Mar; Vol. 320, pp. 115168.
Abstract: Despite limited evidence of successful development and implementation of contributory health insurance and low and middle income countries, many countries are in the process implementing such schemes. This commentary summarizes all available evidence o...
The Impact of the Medical Insurance System on the Health of Older Adults in Urban China: Analysis Based on Three-Period Panel Data.
Publication Type: Academic Journal
Source(s): International journal of environmental research and public health [Int J Environ Res Public Health] 2023 Feb 21; Vol. 20 (5). Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Feb 21.
Abstract: The impact of the medical insurance system (MIS) on the health of older adults is a key element of research in the field of social security. Because China's MIS consists of different types of insurance, and the benefits and levels of coverage received ...
Patronage, partnership, voluntarism: Community-based health insurance and the improvisation of universal health coverage in Senegal.
Publication Type: Academic Journal
Source(s): Social science & medicine (1982) [Soc Sci Med] 2023 Feb; Vol. 319, pp. 115491. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 Nov 05.
Abstract: The turn towards Universal Health Coverage (UHC) in the past decade raises the question of the role of the state, following years of state withdrawal and a fragmented approach to public health. Senegal introduced its version of UHC, Couverture Maladie ...
A new universalism? Universal health coverage and debates about rights, solidarity and inequality in Kenya.
Publication Type: Academic Journal
Source(s): Social science & medicine (1982) [Soc Sci Med] 2023 Feb; Vol. 319, pp. 115258. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 Aug 19.
Abstract: The rise of universal health coverage (UHC) as a global policy endorsed in the Sustainable Development Goals (SGDs) appears to signal new directions in global health as it introduces a progressive language of inclusion, solidarity and social justice an...