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The window to 2030, the SDG target year, is closing. Without accelerated and sustained progress, hard-won UHC gains risk being lost. Using revised and...

Responding to the health financing emergency: immediate measures and longer-term shifts

This guidance paper provides a set of health financing-related actions and analytics for countries to consider as they respond to rapid changes in funding...

Methodology for the update of the Global Health Expenditure Database

This document provides an overview of the WHO Global Health Expenditure Database (GHED), a key global resource for tracking health spending across more...

Tracking governance and administration expenditure under the System of Health Accounts 2011

This document analyses country practices for measuring expenditure on governance and health system and health financing administration (hereafter referred...

The Online Referral System in the state health insurance scheme of Karnataka, India: a digital tool to contribute to strategic purchasing

This case study focuses on the Indian state of Karnataka and a particular digital technology, the “Online Referral System” (ORS), which came...

Programme-based budgeting for primary care financing: insights for practitioners

The traditional use of line-item budgeting, which categorizes public expenditures by detailed economic items, has negatively impacted the financing of...

Using digital technologies to make access to medicines and dental care more affordable: a case study from Estonia

This study focuses on the use of digital technologies, alongside changes in coverage policy, to enhance affordable access to health care in Estonia....

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