Resource Allocation for Health Equity : Issues and Methods
In this paper, it is discuss methods to allocate national health care funds to purchasers or insurers of health care. For administrative reasons, resources are usually allocated as they always have been-which relates more closely to the existing st...
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| Format: | Working Paper |
| Language: | English en_US |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2013
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/09/5638333/resource-allocation-health-equity-issues-methods http://hdl.handle.net/10986/13619 |
| Summary: | In this paper, it is discuss methods to
allocate national health care funds to purchasers or
insurers of health care. For administrative reasons,
resources are usually allocated as they always have
been-which relates more closely to the existing structure
and demand than to need. Resource allocation through
capitation is needed to achieve equity in access to health
care or health outcome. Capitation should be based on
epidemiological or socio-demographic need factors. The
author discusses how to select and weight need factors and
provides examples from high and low income countries. |
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