Adequate financial resources are a prerequisite for the operation of health services and the
delivery of care. Resources can be released if steps are taken to focus attention on the …

Public sector health care funding continues to stabilise, with provincial expenditure growing
by 5.6% annually above inflation (ie real terms) from 2002/03 to 2008/09. The main areas …

Financing health care is a prominent political issue and a priority for the health sector
throughout the world. In industrial nations, reform has focused mainly on containing costs. In …

Achieving universal health coverage is one of the overarching goals of the 2030 agenda for
sustainable development. Health financing is an essential health system component …

This chapter assesses health financing policy in low-and middle-income countries (LMICs).
It discusses the basic functions of health financing systems and the various mechanisms for …

Abstract Background Even though Africa has the highest disease burden compared with
other regions, it has the lowest per capita spending on health. In 2007, 27 (51%) out the 53 …

Background: The way a health system is financed affects the performance of its other
functions of stewardship, input (or resource) creation and services provision, and ultimately …

This paper outlines a strategy for financing health services in sub-Saharan Africa. The
individual components of the strategy are as follows: general tax revenues, international …

Background A majority of health systems in the sub-Saharan Africa region are faced with
multiple competing priorities amid pressing resource constraints. Health financing reforms …

This paper uses the World Bank data on healthcare expenditures as a percentage of gross
domestic product to analyze the funding available to the public health care sectors in 54 …