Analyzing Changes in Health Financing Arrangements in High-Income Countries : A Comprehensive Framework Approach

Busse, Reinhard ; Schreyö ; gg, Jonas ; Gericke, Christian

World Bank, Washington, DC

关键词: ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE;    ACCESS TO HEALTH SERVICES;    AGENTS;    AMBULANCE SERVICES;    AMBULATORY CARE;   

RP-ID  :  39913

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: World Bank Open Knowledge Repository

【 摘 要 】

This review is one in a series ofanalytic efforts designed to inform the policy debaterelated to health financing. The authors review evidence onhealth financing arrangements in high income countries aswell as reforms over the last 30 years and to identify keypolicy lessons from this experience for low and middleincome countries. Methodology: The review is based on aconceptual framework of health financing"functions". 25 high-income countries have beengrouped for comparative evaluative purposes into threegroups, based on the main mechanism of financing health care(social health insurance, taxes, private). Decisions oncoverage and benefit entitlements as well as variousfunctions of health care financing (i.e. collecting, poolingand purchasing) are described and analyzed.