State budget transfers to health insurance funds: extending universal health coverage in low- and middle-income countries of the WHO European Region
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- 作者：Inke Mathauer ; Mareike Theisling…
- 关键词：Universal health coverage ; Health insurance ; Informal sector ; Vulnerable populations ; Government budget transfers ; Financial protection
- 刊名：International Journal for Equity in Health
- 出版年：2016
- 出版时间：December 2016
- 年：2016
- 卷：15
- 期：1
- 全文大小：606 KB
- 刊物主题：Public Health; Development Economics; Quality of Life Research; Social Policy;
- 出版者：BioMed Central
- ISSN：1475-9276
文摘
Background Many low-and middle-income countries (LMIC) of the World Health Organization (WHO) European Region have introduced social health insurance payroll taxes after the political transition in the late 1980s, combined with budget transfers to allow for exempting specific population groups from paying contributions, such as those outside formal sector work and in particular vulnerable groups. This paper assesses the institutional design aspects of such financing arrangements and their performance with respect to universal health coverage progress in LMIC of the European region.