Improving Universal Primary Health Care by Kenya : A Case Study of the Health Sector Services Fund

This case study describes the Government of Kenya's initiative to expand the supply of health care and strengthen primary health care through implementation of the Health Sector Services Fund (HSSF), which provides direct cash transfers to primary health facilities. This initiative, launched in...

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Main Authors: Ramana, Gandham NV, Chepkoech, Rose, Walelign, Netsanet
Format: Working Paper
Language:en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington DC 2013
Subjects:
HIV
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10986/13291
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topic access to services
accountability mechanisms
Adolescents
Adult mortality
Adult mortality rate
aged
birth attendants
breastfeeding
budget allocation
capacity building
child health
child health services
citizen
citizens
Clinical Quality
clinics
Communicable diseases
Community Health
community participation
cost sharing
counseling
Counselling
decision making
delivery of health services
developing countries
disadvantaged groups
Dispensaries
Early childhood
economic growth
Elderly
Employment
equitable distribution of resources
essential drugs
essential health services
essential medicines
expenditures
Family planning
Family planning services
financial constraints
Financial Management
financial resources
financial risks
General Health System
health care coverage
health care expenditure
health care facilities
health care financing
Health care providers
health care services
health care system
Health Centers
health clinics
Health Coverage
health data
Health Expenditure
Health Expenditure per capita
health expenditures
Health Extension
Health Facilities
Health Financing
Health information
Health information systems
health maintenance
health maintenance organizations
Health Management
health needs
health outcomes
Health Policy
health professionals
health programs
Health Results
Health Sector
health service
health service delivery
health service providers
Health Services
health spending
health status
Health System
health systems
health systems strengthening
Health Workers
healthcare services
Healthy lifestyles
HIV
HIV/AIDS
Hospital
Hospital beds
hospitals
human resources
human resources management
Hygiene
ill health
Immigration
Immunization
income
income countries
inequities
Infant mortality
Infant mortality rate
Information System
inpatient care
Insurance
insurance companies
integrated management of childhood illnesses
integration
iron
isolation
Life expectancy
Life expectancy at birth
local communities
local community
Low Income
Malaria
management of health
medical examinations
Medical Research
Medical Services
Medical Supplies
medicines
ministries of health
Ministry of Health
morbidity
mortality
Mother
National Health
National Health Insurance
National Health Insurance Fund
national level
national levels
national priority
newborn
nongovernmental organizations
number of people
nurses
nutrition
participation of communities
Physician
Physicians
pilot projects
Policy framework
policy response
Poor Health
population density
Postnatal care
Pregnancy
pregnant women
prenatal care
preventive health services
Preventive Treatment
primary care
Primary Health Care
primary health care facilities
primary health facilities
primary health services
primary school
Private health insurance
private insurance
Private Pharmacies
private sector
Progress
providers of health services
provision of care
Public Expenditure
Public Health
Public Health Services
public health system
Public Hospitals
public sector
Public Service
public services
quality care
quality of care
quality of health
quality of services
quality services
recreation
rehabilitation
Reproductive Health
reproductive health programs
research institutions
resource allocation
resource allocations
rural areas
Sanitation
school health
screening
service delivery points
service provider
service provision
services for children
sexually transmitted infections
skilled attendants
skilled birth attendants
Spillover
Substance abuse
supply of health care
Tetanus
traditional healers
Tuberculosis
universal access
use of resources
user fees
vaccination
Vaccines
violence
work environment
Workers
spellingShingle access to services
accountability mechanisms
Adolescents
Adult mortality
Adult mortality rate
aged
birth attendants
breastfeeding
budget allocation
capacity building
child health
child health services
citizen
citizens
Clinical Quality
clinics
Communicable diseases
Community Health
community participation
cost sharing
counseling
Counselling
decision making
delivery of health services
developing countries
disadvantaged groups
Dispensaries
Early childhood
economic growth
Elderly
Employment
equitable distribution of resources
essential drugs
essential health services
essential medicines
expenditures
Family planning
Family planning services
financial constraints
Financial Management
financial resources
financial risks
General Health System
health care coverage
health care expenditure
health care facilities
health care financing
Health care providers
health care services
health care system
Health Centers
health clinics
Health Coverage
health data
Health Expenditure
Health Expenditure per capita
health expenditures
Health Extension
Health Facilities
Health Financing
Health information
Health information systems
health maintenance
health maintenance organizations
Health Management
health needs
health outcomes
Health Policy
health professionals
health programs
Health Results
Health Sector
health service
health service delivery
health service providers
Health Services
health spending
health status
Health System
health systems
health systems strengthening
Health Workers
healthcare services
Healthy lifestyles
HIV
HIV/AIDS
Hospital
Hospital beds
hospitals
human resources
human resources management
Hygiene
ill health
Immigration
Immunization
income
income countries
inequities
Infant mortality
Infant mortality rate
Information System
inpatient care
Insurance
insurance companies
integrated management of childhood illnesses
integration
iron
isolation
Life expectancy
Life expectancy at birth
local communities
local community
Low Income
Malaria
management of health
medical examinations
Medical Research
Medical Services
Medical Supplies
medicines
ministries of health
Ministry of Health
morbidity
mortality
Mother
National Health
National Health Insurance
National Health Insurance Fund
national level
national levels
national priority
newborn
nongovernmental organizations
number of people
nurses
nutrition
participation of communities
Physician
Physicians
pilot projects
Policy framework
policy response
Poor Health
population density
Postnatal care
Pregnancy
pregnant women
prenatal care
preventive health services
Preventive Treatment
primary care
Primary Health Care
primary health care facilities
primary health facilities
primary health services
primary school
Private health insurance
private insurance
Private Pharmacies
private sector
Progress
providers of health services
provision of care
Public Expenditure
Public Health
Public Health Services
public health system
Public Hospitals
public sector
Public Service
public services
quality care
quality of care
quality of health
quality of services
quality services
recreation
rehabilitation
Reproductive Health
reproductive health programs
research institutions
resource allocation
resource allocations
rural areas
Sanitation
school health
screening
service delivery points
service provider
service provision
services for children
sexually transmitted infections
skilled attendants
skilled birth attendants
Spillover
Substance abuse
supply of health care
Tetanus
traditional healers
Tuberculosis
universal access
use of resources
user fees
vaccination
Vaccines
violence
work environment
Workers
Ramana, Gandham NV
Chepkoech, Rose
Walelign, Netsanet
Improving Universal Primary Health Care by Kenya : A Case Study of the Health Sector Services Fund
geographic_facet Africa
Kenya
relation UNICO Studies Series;No. 5
description This case study describes the Government of Kenya's initiative to expand the supply of health care and strengthen primary health care through implementation of the Health Sector Services Fund (HSSF), which provides direct cash transfers to primary health facilities. This initiative, launched in 2010, is a direct response to challenges identified by the Public Expenditure Tracking Surveys in making funds for operation and maintenance available to the health facilities, and builds on lessons from initiatives supported by the Danish International Development Agency (DANIDA) in the Coastal Region.
format Publications & Research :: Working Paper
author Ramana, Gandham NV
Chepkoech, Rose
Walelign, Netsanet
author_facet Ramana, Gandham NV
Chepkoech, Rose
Walelign, Netsanet
author_sort Ramana, Gandham NV
title Improving Universal Primary Health Care by Kenya : A Case Study of the Health Sector Services Fund
title_short Improving Universal Primary Health Care by Kenya : A Case Study of the Health Sector Services Fund
title_full Improving Universal Primary Health Care by Kenya : A Case Study of the Health Sector Services Fund
title_fullStr Improving Universal Primary Health Care by Kenya : A Case Study of the Health Sector Services Fund
title_full_unstemmed Improving Universal Primary Health Care by Kenya : A Case Study of the Health Sector Services Fund
title_sort improving universal primary health care by kenya : a case study of the health sector services fund
publisher World Bank, Washington DC
publishDate 2013
url http://hdl.handle.net/10986/13291
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spelling okr-10986-132912021-04-23T14:03:07Z Improving Universal Primary Health Care by Kenya : A Case Study of the Health Sector Services Fund Ramana, Gandham NV Chepkoech, Rose Walelign, Netsanet access to services accountability mechanisms Adolescents Adult mortality Adult mortality rate aged birth attendants breastfeeding budget allocation capacity building child health child health services citizen citizens Clinical Quality clinics Communicable diseases Community Health community participation cost sharing counseling Counselling decision making delivery of health services developing countries disadvantaged groups Dispensaries Early childhood economic growth Elderly Employment equitable distribution of resources essential drugs essential health services essential medicines expenditures Family planning Family planning services financial constraints Financial Management financial resources financial risks General Health System health care coverage health care expenditure health care facilities health care financing Health care providers health care services health care system Health Centers health clinics Health Coverage health data Health Expenditure Health Expenditure per capita health expenditures Health Extension Health Facilities Health Financing Health information Health information systems health maintenance health maintenance organizations Health Management health needs health outcomes Health Policy health professionals health programs Health Results Health Sector health service health service delivery health service providers Health Services health spending health status Health System health systems health systems strengthening Health Workers healthcare services Healthy lifestyles HIV HIV/AIDS Hospital Hospital beds hospitals human resources human resources management Hygiene ill health Immigration Immunization income income countries inequities Infant mortality Infant mortality rate Information System inpatient care Insurance insurance companies integrated management of childhood illnesses integration iron isolation Life expectancy Life expectancy at birth local communities local community Low Income Malaria management of health medical examinations Medical Research Medical Services Medical Supplies medicines ministries of health Ministry of Health morbidity mortality Mother National Health National Health Insurance National Health Insurance Fund national level national levels national priority newborn nongovernmental organizations number of people nurses nutrition participation of communities Physician Physicians pilot projects Policy framework policy response Poor Health population density Postnatal care Pregnancy pregnant women prenatal care preventive health services Preventive Treatment primary care Primary Health Care primary health care facilities primary health facilities primary health services primary school Private health insurance private insurance Private Pharmacies private sector Progress providers of health services provision of care Public Expenditure Public Health Public Health Services public health system Public Hospitals public sector Public Service public services quality care quality of care quality of health quality of services quality services recreation rehabilitation Reproductive Health reproductive health programs research institutions resource allocation resource allocations rural areas Sanitation school health screening service delivery points service provider service provision services for children sexually transmitted infections skilled attendants skilled birth attendants Spillover Substance abuse supply of health care Tetanus traditional healers Tuberculosis universal access use of resources user fees vaccination Vaccines violence work environment Workers This case study describes the Government of Kenya's initiative to expand the supply of health care and strengthen primary health care through implementation of the Health Sector Services Fund (HSSF), which provides direct cash transfers to primary health facilities. This initiative, launched in 2010, is a direct response to challenges identified by the Public Expenditure Tracking Surveys in making funds for operation and maintenance available to the health facilities, and builds on lessons from initiatives supported by the Danish International Development Agency (DANIDA) in the Coastal Region. 2013-05-02T20:45:25Z 2013-05-02T20:45:25Z 2013-01 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/13291 en_US UNICO Studies Series;No. 5 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington DC Publications & Research :: Working Paper Publications & Research Africa Kenya