Primary health care on the road to universal health coverage
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Publisher: World Health Organization
Published: 2021-08-13
Total Pages: 12
ISBN-13: 9240029044
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author:
Publisher: World Health Organization
Published: 2021-08-13
Total Pages: 12
ISBN-13: 9240029044
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: World Health Organization
Publisher: World Health Organization
Published: 2015-07-21
Total Pages: 98
ISBN-13: 9241564970
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This report is the first of its kind to measure health service coverage and financial protection to assess countries' progress towards universal health coverage. It shows that at least 400 million people do not have access to one or more essential health services and 6% of people in low- and middle-income countries are tipped into or pushed further into extreme poverty because of health spending. Universal health coverage (UHC) means that all people receive the quality essential health services they need without being exposed to financial hardship. A significant number of countries at all levels of development are embracing the goal of UHC as the right thing to do for their citizens. It is a powerful social equalizer and contributes to social cohesion and stability. Every country has the potential to improve the performance of its health system in the main dimensions of UHC: coverage of quality services and financial protection for all. Priorities strategies and implementation plans for UHC will differ from one country to another. Enhanced and expanded monitoring of health under the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) should seek to build on that experience sharpening our focus on the key health service and financial protection interventions that underpin UHC. Effective UHC tracking is central to achieving the global goals for poverty alleviation and health improvement set by the World Bank Group and WHO. Without it policymakers and decision-takers cannot say exactly where they are or set a course for where they want to go. They cannot know whether they are focussing their efforts in the right areas or whether their efforts are making a difference. Monitoring is thus fundamental to the achievement of UHC objectives. It will also be vital to the realization of the SDGs. This report is a critical step to show how monitoring progress can be done telling us what the state of coverage of interventions and financial protection is and telling us where to focus most.
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Publisher: World Health Organization
Published: 2021-08-13
Total Pages: 168
ISBN-13: 9240004270
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Samir Saran
Publisher: Observer Research Foundation
Published: 2018-03-01
Total Pages: 20
ISBN-13: 9387407780
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Publisher: National Academies Press
Published: 2019-01-27
Total Pages: 399
ISBN-13: 0309477891
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →In 2015, building on the advances of the Millennium Development Goals, the United Nations adopted Sustainable Development Goals that include an explicit commitment to achieve universal health coverage by 2030. However, enormous gaps remain between what is achievable in human health and where global health stands today, and progress has been both incomplete and unevenly distributed. In order to meet this goal, a deliberate and comprehensive effort is needed to improve the quality of health care services globally. Crossing the Global Quality Chasm: Improving Health Care Worldwide focuses on one particular shortfall in health care affecting global populations: defects in the quality of care. This study reviews the available evidence on the quality of care worldwide and makes recommendations to improve health care quality globally while expanding access to preventive and therapeutic services, with a focus in low-resource areas. Crossing the Global Quality Chasm emphasizes the organization and delivery of safe and effective care at the patient/provider interface. This study explores issues of access to services and commodities, effectiveness, safety, efficiency, and equity. Focusing on front line service delivery that can directly impact health outcomes for individuals and populations, this book will be an essential guide for key stakeholders, governments, donors, health systems, and others involved in health care.
Author: Jeffrey L. Sturchio
Publisher: JHU Press
Published: 2019-01-15
Total Pages: 304
ISBN-13: 142142956X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Srinath Reddy, Yasmine Rouai, Jeffrey L. Sturchio, Cicely Thomas, Tana Wuliji, Snow Yang, Pascal Zurn
Author: Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU)
Publisher: World Health Organization
Published: 2022-11-30
Total Pages: 54
ISBN-13: 9240060383
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Claudio Butticè
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Published: 2019-11-15
Total Pages: 208
ISBN-13: 144086845X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This accessibly written book explains universal healthcare; the many forms it can take; and the issues, debates, and historical context underpinning the continued struggle for its implementation in the United States. Universal healthcare may be defined as any healthcare system that ensures at least basic coverage to most, if not all, citizens of a country. Although it may be implemented in many ways, universal healthcare has been widely accepted by international humanitarian organizations such as the World Health Organization (WHO) as the best way to ensure the universal human right to health. So why is the United States the only industrialized country without universal healthcare? What are the political, social, and economic factors that have prevented its successful introduction? Universal Healthcare explores what universal healthcare is, the many forms it can take—using examples from countries around the world—and the tumultuous history of attempts to implement a system of universal healthcare in the United States. Part II delves into the contentious issues and debates surrounding adoption of universal healthcare in the United States. Lastly, Part III provides a variety of useful materials, including case studies, a timeline of critical events, a glossary, and a directory of resources.
Author: Kristina Lyn Heitkamp
Publisher: Greenhaven Publishing LLC
Published: 2018-07-15
Total Pages: 178
ISBN-13: 1534503161
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →With the Affordable Care Act signed into law in 2010, the United States seemed closer than ever to achieving universal health care. However, repealing the act has been a key goal for the Trump administration and the Republican-controlled Congress, with the main arguments against it including the higher premiums for middle-class Americans and the abuse of government power through its control of the insurance industry. This volume helps define universal health care, explains the arguments for and against it, and discusses attempts to implement it on an international scale.