Management of resources and support systems:
Financial management
Country experiences
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Funding Health Care: Options for Europe
Jeffrey V. Lazarus and Viv Taylor Gee (ed.), 2002, WHO Regional Office for Europe
Sources of revenue; types of taxation; social health insurance; voluntary health insurance; out-of-pocket payments; equity; coverage and access to health care; cost containment; allocative and technical efficiency;
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Reaching The Poor with Health Services: Providing Subsidized Health Insurance to the Poor in Mexico
2008, The World Bank
how to identify the poor; how to enroll the poor in an insurance system; incentives to ensure the poor participate;
(4 pages, pdf 133kb)
En français: Offrir Des Services De Santé Mexique, Fournir une Assurance Maladie Subventionnée aux Pauvres
En español:Servicios De Salud, México, Suministro de Seguros de Salud Subsidiados para los Pobres -
Improving Transparency of Financial Affairs at the Local Government Level in Tanzania
pdf, 578kb
Richard Mushi, Lemayon Melyoki and Geir Sundet, 2005, Research on Poverty Alleviation
The legal and policy framework provide for public participation and transparency; need to share and present information for easy understanding by the public; citizens monitor performance to ensure accountability; budget expenditure information to state relevant period and activities; citizens have an enforceable right to budget and expenditure information
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How Should Public Money be Spent? - the Case of Health Research in Tanzania
Council on Health Research for Development, 2002
Defining an investment portfolio; ensuring that health research is undertaken most efficiently; national health research priorities; opportunities
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An Assessment of Community-Based Health Financing Activities in Uganda
Yann Derriennic, Katherine Wolf, and Paul Kiwanuka-Mukiibi, 2005, Partners for Health Reform
Good practices and sustainability; governance; financial management, viability and risk; incentives, community buy-in and impact; strengthen community participation and management practices
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Extending Social Protection in Health: Developing Countries’ Experiences, Lessons Learnt and Recommendations
2007, WHO with ILO and GTZ
The role of social protection in health in achieving the millennium development goals; economic development and poverty reduction, social protection, equity, solidarity, China, Thailand, Costa Rica, Tunisia, French-speaking sub-Saharan Africa, Viet Nam, the Philippines, Ghana, Cambodia, Senegal, India, Indonesia; achieving universal coverage through social health insurance in Asia
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Vouchers for Health
Peter Sandiford, Anna Gorter, and Micol Salvetto, 2002, The World Bank Group
Voucher scheme to treat and prevent sexually-transmitted diseases in Nicaragua.
Flow of vouchers and funds; increasing access, incentives for better quality or lower cost; using scarce public resources effectively
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District Expenditure and Resource Allocation Reviews for Effective DHS Management – South Africa
A review of expenditure and resource allocation in the Mount Frere health district