The Drive toward Universal Health Coverage

Kim, Young Eun ; Loayza, Norman V.

World Bank, Washington, DC

关键词: UNIVERSAL HEALTH COVERAGE;    HEALTH SYSTEM REFORM;    REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH;    MATERNAL HEALTH;    CHILD HEALTH;   

RP-ID  :  124552

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: World Bank Open Knowledge Repository

【 摘 要 】

Universal health coverage is a socialgoal that enables everyone to receive the quality healthcare they need, irrespective of ability to pay, withoutsuffering financial hardship in the process. To move towardthat goal, policy makers should address three mainconsiderations: the population to be covered, the healthservices to be provided, and the financing mechanism to beused. Successful cases show that to achieve universal healthcoverage, a change of perspective is essential, from seeinghealth care benefits as a contingent good to consideringthem as an essential public service. While expanding thedemand for health care is necessary, improving the quantityand quality of the supply of health services is essential.Getting diverse stakeholders to cooperate, makingcost-efficient and people-centered choices, and ensuringfiscal sustainability are needed to expand health coveragefor everyone who needs it.