Monitoring Progress towards Universal Health Coverage at Country and Global Levels

Universal health coverage (UHC) has been defined as the desired outcome of health system performance whereby all people who need health services (promotion, prevention, treatment, rehabilitation, and palliation) receive them, without undue financial hardship. UHC has two interrelated components: the...

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Main Authors:	Boerma, Ties, Eozenou, Patrick, Evans, David, Evans, Tim, Kieny, Marie-Paule, Wagstaff, Adam
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	en_US
Published:	Public Library of Science 2016
Subjects:	universal health coverage health system reform
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/23553

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spelling	okr-10986-235532021-04-23T14:04:16Z Monitoring Progress towards Universal Health Coverage at Country and Global Levels Boerma, Ties Eozenou, Patrick Evans, David Evans, Tim Kieny, Marie-Paule Wagstaff, Adam universal health coverage health system reform Universal health coverage (UHC) has been defined as the desired outcome of health system performance whereby all people who need health services (promotion, prevention, treatment, rehabilitation, and palliation) receive them, without undue financial hardship. UHC has two interrelated components: the full spectrum of good-quality, essential health services according to need, and protection from financial hardship, including possible impoverishment, due to out-of-pocket payments for health services. Both components should benefit the entire population. This paper summarizes the findings from 13 country case studies and five technical reviews, which were conducted as part of the development of a global framework for monitoring progress towards UHC. 2016-01-04T19:27:07Z 2016-01-04T19:27:07Z 2014-09 Journal Article PLoS Medicine http://hdl.handle.net/10986/23553 en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank Public Library of Science Publications & Research :: Journal Article Publications & Research
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spellingShingle	universal health coverage health system reform Boerma, Ties Eozenou, Patrick Evans, David Evans, Tim Kieny, Marie-Paule Wagstaff, Adam Monitoring Progress towards Universal Health Coverage at Country and Global Levels
description	Universal health coverage (UHC) has been defined as the desired outcome of health system performance whereby all people who need health services (promotion, prevention, treatment, rehabilitation, and palliation) receive them, without undue financial hardship. UHC has two interrelated components: the full spectrum of good-quality, essential health services according to need, and protection from financial hardship, including possible impoverishment, due to out-of-pocket payments for health services. Both components should benefit the entire population. This paper summarizes the findings from 13 country case studies and five technical reviews, which were conducted as part of the development of a global framework for monitoring progress towards UHC.
format	Journal Article
author	Boerma, Ties Eozenou, Patrick Evans, David Evans, Tim Kieny, Marie-Paule Wagstaff, Adam
author_facet	Boerma, Ties Eozenou, Patrick Evans, David Evans, Tim Kieny, Marie-Paule Wagstaff, Adam
author_sort	Boerma, Ties
title	Monitoring Progress towards Universal Health Coverage at Country and Global Levels
title_short	Monitoring Progress towards Universal Health Coverage at Country and Global Levels
title_full	Monitoring Progress towards Universal Health Coverage at Country and Global Levels
title_fullStr	Monitoring Progress towards Universal Health Coverage at Country and Global Levels
title_full_unstemmed	Monitoring Progress towards Universal Health Coverage at Country and Global Levels
title_sort	monitoring progress towards universal health coverage at country and global levels
publisher	Public Library of Science
publishDate	2016
url	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/23553
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Monitoring Progress towards Universal Health Coverage at Country and Global Levels

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