What Are Governments Spending on Health in East and Southern Africa?

Progress toward universal health care (UHC) in Africa will require sustained increases in public spending on health and reduced reliance on out-of-pocket financing. This article reviews trends and patterns of government spending in the East and Southern Africa regions and points out methodological c...

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Main Authors: Piatti-Funfkirchen, Moritz, Lindelow, Magnus, Yoo, Katelyn
Format: Journal Article
Published: Taylor and Francis 2019
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10986/31145
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spelling okr-10986-311452021-05-25T10:54:36Z What Are Governments Spending on Health in East and Southern Africa? Piatti-Funfkirchen, Moritz Lindelow, Magnus Yoo, Katelyn ABUJA TARGET EXPENDITURE MEASUREMENT HEALTH EXPENDITURE HEALTH FINANCE UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE PUBLIC EXPENDITURE Progress toward universal health care (UHC) in Africa will require sustained increases in public spending on health and reduced reliance on out-of-pocket financing. This article reviews trends and patterns of government spending in the East and Southern Africa regions and points out methodological challenges with interpreting data from the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Global Health Expenditure Database (GHED) and other sources. 2019-01-11T18:01:55Z 2019-01-11T18:01:55Z 2018-10-30 Journal Article Health Systems & Reform 2328-8604 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/31145 CC BY 4.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 World Bank Taylor and Francis Publications & Research :: Journal Article Publications & Research Africa East Africa Southern Africa
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topic ABUJA TARGET
EXPENDITURE MEASUREMENT
HEALTH EXPENDITURE
HEALTH FINANCE
UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE
PUBLIC EXPENDITURE
spellingShingle ABUJA TARGET
EXPENDITURE MEASUREMENT
HEALTH EXPENDITURE
HEALTH FINANCE
UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE
PUBLIC EXPENDITURE
Piatti-Funfkirchen, Moritz
Lindelow, Magnus
Yoo, Katelyn
What Are Governments Spending on Health in East and Southern Africa?
geographic_facet Africa
East Africa
Southern Africa
description Progress toward universal health care (UHC) in Africa will require sustained increases in public spending on health and reduced reliance on out-of-pocket financing. This article reviews trends and patterns of government spending in the East and Southern Africa regions and points out methodological challenges with interpreting data from the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Global Health Expenditure Database (GHED) and other sources.
format Journal Article
author Piatti-Funfkirchen, Moritz
Lindelow, Magnus
Yoo, Katelyn
author_facet Piatti-Funfkirchen, Moritz
Lindelow, Magnus
Yoo, Katelyn
author_sort Piatti-Funfkirchen, Moritz
title What Are Governments Spending on Health in East and Southern Africa?
title_short What Are Governments Spending on Health in East and Southern Africa?
title_full What Are Governments Spending on Health in East and Southern Africa?
title_fullStr What Are Governments Spending on Health in East and Southern Africa?
title_full_unstemmed What Are Governments Spending on Health in East and Southern Africa?
title_sort what are governments spending on health in east and southern africa?
publisher Taylor and Francis
publishDate 2019
url http://hdl.handle.net/10986/31145
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