Executive summary The COVID-19 pandemic has brought the need for well-functioning
primary health care (PHC) into sharp focus. PHC is the best platform for providing basic …

Any effort to improve health system performance must address the challenges of policy
implementation. This article examines one aspect of implementation—the politics of policy …

Health financing reform is an inherently political process that alters the distribution of
entitlements, responsibilities and resources across the health sector and beyond. As a …

This book explores the transformation in the healthcare system in Turkey since 2003, which
has been portrayed as a benchmark for building universal healthcare systems in emerging …

Ethiopia's expansion of primary health care over the past 15 years has been hailed as a
model in sub-Saharan Africa. A leader closely associated with the programme, Tedros …

Increased investment in primary care is associated with lower healthcare costs and
improved population health. The allocation of scarce resources should be driven by robust …

There is growing evidence that political economy factors are central to whether or not
proposed health financing reforms are adopted, but there is little consensus about which …

ABSTRACT In 2018, India's Prime Minister announced a new health insurance program,
Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PMJAY), aiming to cover over 500 million people. This …

Background In this study, we aim to establish the impact of the introduction of the Family
Medicine Model patient satisfaction in the Turkish health system. Methods We use data on …

Over the past decades, countries across the Global South have been adopting expansionary
health reforms and are increasingly doing so under the banner of promoting universal health …