Health Equity and Financial Protection in Pakistan

World Bank

Washington, DC

关键词: ACUTE RESPIRATORY INFECTION;    AGED;    ANGINA;    ANGINA PECTORIS;    ANTENATAL CARE;   

RP-ID  :  71256

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: World Bank Open Knowledge Repository

【 摘 要 】

The health equity and financialprotection reports are short country-specific volumes thatprovide a picture of equity and financial protection in thehealth sectors of low-and middle-income countries. Topicscovered include: inequalities in health outcomes, healthbehavior and health care utilization; benefit incidenceanalysis; financial protection; and the progressivity ofhealth care financing. Pakistan's government iscommitted to improving the equity of health outcomes and theability to offer financial protection in the health sectorthrough the implementation of the National Health Policy.Pakistan spends 2.62 per cent (2009) of its gross domesticproduct (GDP) on health. This is far lower than the averagespending levels in other countries in the South Asia Region,which have spent an average of 5.3 per cent (2009) of theirGDP on health.