Measuring progress towards universal health coverage: with an application to 24 developing countries (English)

The last few years have seen a growing commitment worldwide to universal health coverage (UHC). Yet there is a lack of clarity on how to measure progress towards UHC. This paper proposes a ‘mashup’ index that captures both aspects of UHC: that everyone—irrespective of their ability-to-pay—gets the health services they need; and that nobody suffers undue financial hardship as a result of receiving care. Service coverage is broken down into prevention...

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Wagstaff,Adam;

Cotlear,Daniel;

Eozenou,Patrick Hoang-Vu;

Buisman,Leander Robert;
Document Date
2015/11/03
Document Type
Policy Research Working Paper
Report Number
WPS7470
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
Mexico, Viet Nam, India, Brazil, Indonesia, Guatemala, Colombia, Costa Rica, South Africa, Ethiopia,
Region
South Asia, Eastern and Southern Africa, East Asia and Pacific, Latin America and Caribbean,
Disclosure Date
2015/11/03
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
Doc Name
Measuring progress towards universal health coverage: with an application to 24 developing countries
Keywords
financial protection

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Wagstaff,Adam; Cotlear,Daniel; Eozenou,Patrick Hoang-Vu; Buisman,Leander Robert.

Measuring progress towards universal health coverage: with an application to 24 developing countries (English). Policy Research working paper|no. WPS 7470 Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/917441468180851481

Measuring progress towards universal health coverage: with an application to 24 developing countries (English)

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