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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Main Author: Joseph Kutzin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The World Health Organization 2013-08-01
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