A methodology to evaluate the efficiency of public health financing in Russia

2018 ◽  
Vol 24 (3) ◽  
pp. 693-708 ◽  
Author(s):  
N.I. Yashina ◽  
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O.V. Emel'yanova ◽  
E.S. Malysheva ◽  
N.N. Pronchatova-Rubtsova ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health Financing

Politics Matters

2021 ◽  
pp. 565-575
Author(s):  
Raymond K. H. Chan
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Health Financing ◽  
User Fees ◽  
Alternative Methods ◽  
Public Health Services ◽  
Health Finance ◽  
Rational Planning ◽  
The Government ◽  
Welfare Politics

Hong Kong's public health services gradually developed since the 1950s. They are mainly funded by taxes, supplemented by minimal user fees. In the late 1980s, the government recognized the limitations of this financing model and has subsequently proposed alternative methods of funding. Their proposals have been rejected by various stakeholders, who represent different, and even conflicting, values and interests; and eventually can only end up with a limited voluntary health insurance scheme. This chapter describes the development of health services and the debates that have surrounded health financing since the late 1980s. It shows that the health finance debate in Hong Kong is not a simple issue that can be tackled by rational planning; instead, it is a complex consequence of welfare politics in an increasingly mobilized society.

Politics Matters

2020 ◽  
pp. 188-198
Author(s):  
Raymond K. H. Chan
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Health Financing ◽  
User Fees ◽  
Alternative Methods ◽  
Public Health Services ◽  
Health Finance ◽  
Rational Planning ◽  
The Government ◽  
Welfare Politics

Hong Kong's public health services gradually developed since the 1950s. They are mainly funded by taxes, supplemented by minimal user fees. In the late 1980s, the government recognized the limitations of this financing model and has subsequently proposed alternative methods of funding. Their proposals have been rejected by various stakeholders, who represent different, and even conflicting, values and interests; and eventually can only end up with a limited voluntary health insurance scheme. This chapter describes the development of health services and the debates that have surrounded health financing since the late 1980s. It shows that the health finance debate in Hong Kong is not a simple issue that can be tackled by rational planning; instead, it is a complex consequence of welfare politics in an increasingly mobilized society.

scholarly journals O pensamento econômico em saúde de Hésio Cordeiro sobre o financiamento da saúde pública no Brasil e a intervenção anticíclica em Claudio Napoleoni

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 95-122
Author(s):  
Leonardo Carnut ◽  
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Glauce Araújo Taborda Teixeira ◽  
Gabriela Araújo Valencia ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Content Analysis ◽  
Health Financing ◽  
Health Issues ◽  
The Third ◽  
Final Consideration ◽  
Theoretical Reflection ◽  
The Way

This paper introduces a theoretical reflection about the problem of health financing from the perspective of Hésio Cordeiro, one of the most important sanitarians of the 1980s in Brazil, and how this author was influenced by the work of Claudio Napoleoni. For this purpose, the essay was used as textual unit and content analysis was incorporated as methodology. The content is structured in three parts. The first describes a brief intellectual and political-institutional biography of Cordeiro and Napoleoni, trying to situate both authors in their historical contexts. The second part shows how Cordeiro was inspired by Napoleoni’s work, which influenced the way Cordeiro addressed countercyclical solutions to rethink public health issues during the 1980s. The third points to a brief final consideration on the importance of Cordeiro as an intellectual who proposed progressist solutions for health back in his time.

scholarly journals Health Outcomes in Sub-Saharan Africa Countries: An Analysis of Key Determinants

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. p8
Author(s):  
Timothy Oladayo Popoola
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Water Supply ◽  
Health Outcomes ◽  
Health Financing ◽  
Hiv Prevalence ◽  
Fertility Rate ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Child Immunization ◽  
Life Expectancy At Birth ◽  
Drinkable Water

The poor health outcomes (low longevity and high mortalities) in developing countries has been great concern for citizens and policy makers alike. Although, numerous studies have focus on socio-economic drivers (like education, age of mothers, income levels, and poverty) of health outcomes in developing nations; however, the same is not true for important exogenous determinants. Therefore, this study investigated the effects of access to clean drinkable water, sanitation, fertility rate, prevalence of HIV/AIDS, health financing, and child immunization on health outcomes in sub-Sahara African (SSA) region. To achieve this, the study explored Pooled OLS, Fixed and Random Effects covering 46 countries in the region from 2000 to 2015. The findings reveal that population health outcomes - as measured by infant and under-five mortalities rates are related negatively with increase public health financing, timely children immunization, quality drinkable water supply, but directly associated with higher fertility rate, and HIV prevalence. For life expectancy at birth, increase government health spending, timely children immunization, and quality drinkable water supply are positively predicted, while relate inversely with higher fertility rate, and HIV prevalence. The findings therefore suggest that for SSA countries to achieve the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goal three of ensuring healthy lives before 2030; emphasis should on increasing public health financing, and provision of infrastructural facilities like clean water supply and sanitation. Again, greater attention should be on enhancing child immunization, reducing fertility rates and HIV prevalence in the region.

Who benefits from public health financing in Zimbabwe? Towards universal health coverage

2016 ◽  
Vol 12 (9) ◽  
pp. 1169-1182 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shepherd Shamu ◽  
James January ◽  
Simbarashe Rusakaniko
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Universal Health Coverage ◽  
Health Financing ◽  
Health Coverage ◽  
Universal Health
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