Health financing for universal coverage and health system performance: concepts and implications for policy
Abstract Unless the concept is clearly understood, “universal coverage” (or universal health coverage, UHC) can be used to justify practically any health financing reform or scheme. This paper unpacks the definition of health financing for universal coverage as used in the World Health Organizat...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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The World Health Organization
2013-08-01
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Series: | Bulletin of the World Health Organization |
Online Access: | http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0042-96862013000800602&lng=en&tlng=en |