Overcoming Public Sector Inefficiencies toward Universal Health Coverage: The Case for National Health Insurance Systems in Asia and the Pacific
Banzon, Eduardo; Mailfert, Mathilde | May 2018
Abstract
As governments in Asia and the Pacific invest more on health, unmasking inefficiencies in spending is a priority to achieve Universal Health Coverage. This paper looks at inefficiencies in the public sector, and how they affect the way health systems’ functions are performed. Countries in the region are making efficiency gains in the health sector. National Health Insurances, whereby a single payer is providing financial protection for an entire national population, are increasingly being used as an instrument to move toward Universal Health Coverage in Asia and the Pacific. Such systems offer a potential for efficiency gains and better performing health systems functions, from stewardship to pooling and delivering services.
Citation
Banzon, Eduardo; Mailfert, Mathilde. 2018. Overcoming Public Sector Inefficiencies toward Universal Health Coverage: The Case for National Health Insurance Systems in Asia and the Pacific. © Asian Development Bank. http://hdl.handle.net/11540/8306. License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.Keywords
Results-Based Monitoring And Evaluation
Project Evaluation & Review Technique
Project Evaluation
Program Evaluation
Performance Evaluation
Operations Evaluation
Evaluation Methods
Evaluation
Basic Health
Family Welfare
Family Planning
Nutrition Programs
Child Nutrition
Health Costs
Aged Health
Project impact
Development projects
Program management
Performance appraisal
Project appraisal
Technology assessment
Nutrition and Health Care
Maternal and Child Health
Partnerships in Health Reform
Health Surveys
Health Statistics
Health Standards
Health Policy Research
Health Policy
Child Health Services
Cumulative effects assessment
Grievance procedures
Participatory monitoring and evaluation
Public health records
Health status indicators
State and nutrition
Food policy
Nutrition policy
Child study
School hygiene
Nursing homes
Long-term care facilities
Hospices
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