Purchasing for high-quality care using National Health Insurance: evidence from Zambia

D Osei Afriyie, F Masiye, F Tediosi… - Health policy and …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Improving the quality of care is essential for progress towards universal health coverage.
Health financing arrangements offer opportunities for governments to incentivize and reward …

[BUCH][B] WHO delivering on its commitment to protect and improve people's health: stories of healthier populations, access to services and emergency response

World Health Organization - 2024 - books.google.com
Explore a collection of inspiring health impact stories showcasing WHO's transformative
work across countries, territories, and areas where the World Health Organization (WHO) …

Using a policy learning lens to understand health financing policy outcomes: the case of translating strategic health purchasing into policy and practice in Burkina …

JA Kiendrébéogo, M De Allegri, W Van Damme… - BMJ Global …, 2024 - gh.bmj.com
Introduction Achieving universal health coverage (UHC) through an effective health
financing system is a challenge for many low-income countries. Learning is key to success …

Has strategic purchasing led to improvements in health systems? A narrative review of literature on strategic purchasing

F Matovu, A Gatome-Munyua… - Health Systems & …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Strategic purchasing is noted in the literature as an approach that can improve the efficiency
of health spending, increase equity in access to health care services, improve the quality of …

Examining inequalities in spatial access to national health insurance fund contracted facilities in Kenya

J Kazungu, AK Moturi, S Kuhora, J Ouko… - International Journal for …, 2024 - Springer
Background Kenya aims to achieve universal health coverage (UHC) by 2030 and has
selected the National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF) as the 'vehicle'to drive the UHC …

[HTML][HTML] Exploring the risks of fragmentation in health care markets–An analysis of inpatient care in Georgia

M Tvaliashvili, L Sulaberidze, C Goodman… - Social Science & …, 2024 - Elsevier
Private providers play an important role in health systems in low-and middle-income
countries. In many such contexts, markets are characterized by a high number of relatively …

Policy Options for Contributory Health Insurance Schemes in Low and Lower-Middle Income Countries to Enable Progress Towards Universal Health Coverage

A Gatome-Munyua, J Kutzin, C Cashin - Health Systems & Reform, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
The promise of contributory health insurance to generate additional, self-sustaining funding
for the health sector has not been achieved in many low-and lower-middle-income …

Assessment of strategic healthcare purchasing and financial autonomy in Tanzania: the case of results-based financing and health basket fund

J Maiba, NS Singh, R Cassidy, G Mtei… - Frontiers in Public …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Background Low-and middle-income countries (LMICs) are implementing health financing
reforms toward Universal Health Coverage (UHC). In Tanzania direct health facility financing …

An Assessment of Provider Payment Mechanisms (PPMs) in Ethiopia: Implications for Redesign of PPMs and Progress Toward Universal Health Coverage

M Koricho, T Zerayacob, F Abebe, M Argaw… - Health Systems & …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Ethiopia has made great strides in improving population health but sustaining health system
and population health improvements in the current fiscal environment is challenging …

Can strategic health purchasing reduce inefficiency and corruption in the health sector? The case of Nigeria

O Onwujekwe, P Agwu - Health Systems & Reform, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Despite limited government budgets for health in many sub-Saharan African countries, some
countries have improved health outcomes at low cost by being strategic in allocating and …