What's In, What's Out: Designing Benefits for Universal Health Coverage
2017
Many low- and middle-income countries now aspire to universal health coverage, where governments ensure that all people have access to the quality health services they need without risk of impoverishment. But for universal health coverage to become reality, the health services offered must be consistent with the funds available-and this implies tough everyday choices for policymakers.
This publication argues that the creation of an explicit health benefits plan-a defined list of services that are and are not available-is an essential element in creating a sustainable system of universal health coverage. With contributions from leading health economists and policy experts, the book considers the many dimensions of governance, institutions, methods, political economy, and ethics that are needed to decide what’s in and what’s out in a way that is fair, evidence-based, and sustainable over time.
What's In, What's Out: Designing Benefits for Universal Health Coverage can be ordered through Amazon or at Brookings Press in paperback or Kindle versions. It is also available as a PDF download from Center For Global Development.
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What's In, What's Out: Designing Benefits for Universal Health Coverage
Source:
Glassman A, Giedion U, Smith PC. What's In, What's Out: Designing Benefits for Universal Health Coverage. Center For Global Development 2017. https://www.cgdev.org/publication/whats-in-whats-out-designing-benefits-universal-health-coverage