Tag Archives: Health Policy

Better Governance, Better Health: The Evidence

Governance and Leadership, Governance and Quality, Health Governance, Public Financial Management, Publications

Resource Type: Publication Authors: Annie Baldridge, Hélène Barroy, Sara Bennett, Maryam Bigdelli, Derick W. Brinkerhoff, Jodi Charles, David Clarke, Catherine Connor, Arin Dutta, Fadi El Jardali, Elizabeth Elfman, Walter Flores, Eunice Heredia-Ortiz, David Jacobstein, Jeremy Kanthor, Adam Koon, Shreeshant Prabhakaran, Dheepa Rajan, Karima Saleh, Akshar Saxena, Suneeta Sharma, Katie Shepard, Kelsee Stromberg, Jesse Uneke, Lauren Windmeyer […]

Health Financing in Botswana: A Landscape Analysis

Health Finance, Home Page Map, Publications, Where We Work

The government of Botswana is committed to achieving universal health coverage and assuming a higher share of HIV/AIDS and other health spending, even though long-term economic growth prospects are less optimistic than in the past. To guide its path, the government is developing a health financing strategy that will increase efficiency, ensure financial sustainability, and […]

Actuarial Analysis Related to Development of Vietnam’s Social Health Insurance Benefit Package

Health Insurance (CBHI, SHI), Home Page Map, Publications, Where We Work

This is the executive summary of a report that documents Actuarial Analysis related to the development of a Basic Health Service Package (BHSP) for Social Health Insurance (SHI) in Vietnam. It attempts to answer the following key questions: What is the disease burden based on cost for SHI in Vietnam? What are the top five […]

Introduction to Health Insurance Policy Options in Botswana: Improving Efficiency and Sustainability through Health Insurance

Health Finance, Health Insurance (CBHI, SHI), Home Page Map, Publications, Where We Work

The purpose of this report is to explore how insurance reforms could improve the efficiency and sustainability of the Botswana health system, and to offer specific policy recommendations to guide the development of a national health insurance reform proposal. The report builds on the Health Finance and Governance (HFG) Project’s support to the Ministry of […]

National Health Accounts Production Tool Brief

Health Systems 20/20, Publications, Resource Tracking (NHA, SHA), Tools

Resource Type: Brief, Tool Authors: Douglas Glandon Published: 5/1/2012 Resource Description: The National Health Accounts (NHA) framework is an internationally standardized methodology for measuring financial resource flows in the health sector. NHA is designed to provide health expenditure information to policy makers and stakeholders in ways that can be clearly and directly linked to a country’s health financing concerns and health system performance; therefore, it has […]

National Health Accounts and Public Expenditure Reviews: Redundant or Complementary Tools?

Health Systems 20/20 Project, Publications, Resource Tracking (NHA, SHA)

Resource Type: Brief Authors: Hailu Zelelew and Susna De Published: 1/1/2009 Resource Description: In the late 1980s and 1990s, poor health outcomes in sub-Saharan African countries were critical issues in discussions at global and regional forums. A common belief was that poor health outcomes in these countries were due partly to inadequate financing of social sectors and social protection-related services. However, what was not known was: […]

National Health Accounts: Participant Manual

Health Systems 20/20, Publications, Resource Tracking (NHA, SHA), Tools

Resource Type: Tool Authors: Susna De, Manjiri Bhawalkar, and Marie Tien Published: 6/1/2004 Resource Description: With health systems growing in scope and complexity, policymakers need tools such as National Health Accounts (NHA) to manage their health care resources. To date, more than 68 countries worldwide have implemented the methodology and numerous others are about to follow suit. While […]

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