The Impact of the Degree of Risk-Sharing in Health Financing on Health System Attainment

A simple econometric analysis is undertaken concerning the impact of the degree of risk sharing in countries' health financing organization on the goals of the health system, as defined in the World Health Report 2000, i.e., the level of healt...

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Main Authors:	Carrin, Guy, Zeramdini, Riadh, Musgrove, Philip, Poullier, Jean-Pierre, Valentine, Nicole, Xu, Ke
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2013
Subjects:	COMMUNITY HEALTH COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION COVERAGE DEBT FINANCIAL RISK HEALTH CARE HEALTH CARE FINANCING HEALTH EXPENDITURE HEALTH FINANCING HEALTH INSURANCE HEALTH NEEDS HEALTH SECTOR HEALTH SERVICES HEALTH STATUS HEALTH SYSTEM HEALTH SYSTEM GOALS HEALTH SYSTEMS INCOME INFORMAL SECTOR INSURANCE CONTRIBUTIONS ISOLATION LIFE EXPECTANCY LOW INCOME LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS NUTRITION PREMIUMS PRIVATE INSURANCE PROGRAMS PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC SECTOR REINSURANCE RISK MANAGEMENT RISK SHARING SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL INSURANCE SOCIAL SECURITY SOCIAL SECURITY PROGRAMS SOCIAL SUPPORT TAXATION WORKERS
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2001/09/3493273/impact-degree-risk-sharing-health-financing-health-system-attainment http://hdl.handle.net/10986/13762

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spelling	okr-10986-137622021-04-23T14:03:10Z The Impact of the Degree of Risk-Sharing in Health Financing on Health System Attainment Carrin, Guy Zeramdini, Riadh Musgrove, Philip Poullier, Jean-Pierre Valentine, Nicole Xu, Ke COMMUNITY HEALTH COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION COVERAGE DEBT FINANCIAL RISK HEALTH CARE HEALTH CARE FINANCING HEALTH EXPENDITURE HEALTH FINANCING HEALTH INSURANCE HEALTH NEEDS HEALTH SECTOR HEALTH SERVICES HEALTH STATUS HEALTH SYSTEM HEALTH SYSTEM GOALS HEALTH SYSTEMS INCOME INFORMAL SECTOR INSURANCE CONTRIBUTIONS ISOLATION LIFE EXPECTANCY LOW INCOME LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS NUTRITION PREMIUMS PRIVATE INSURANCE PROGRAMS PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC SECTOR REINSURANCE RISK MANAGEMENT RISK SHARING SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL INSURANCE SOCIAL SECURITY SOCIAL SECURITY PROGRAMS SOCIAL SUPPORT TAXATION WORKERS A simple econometric analysis is undertaken concerning the impact of the degree of risk sharing in countries' health financing organization on the goals of the health system, as defined in the World Health Report 2000, i.e., the level of health and its distribution across the population, the level of responsiveness and its distribution across the population, and fair financing. The degree of risk sharing varies according to whether countries have a universal coverage system, financed via social health insurance or general taxation, or systems with less well-developed coverage including variants of social health insurance and/or general taxation benefiting specific population groups. The research undertook a classification of countries according to the degree of risk sharing, based primarily on the health care financing legislation of the World Health Organization's 191 member states and on its data base of Health System Profiles. The results obtained give empirical support to the hypothesis that the degree of risk sharing in health financing organizations impacts positively on health system attainment, as measured by the five goals indicators. 2013-06-05T14:30:18Z 2013-06-05T14:30:18Z 2001-09 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2001/09/3493273/impact-degree-risk-sharing-health-financing-health-system-attainment 1-932126-01-5 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/13762 English en_US HNP discussion paper series; CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Working Paper Publications & Research
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topic	COMMUNITY HEALTH COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION COVERAGE DEBT FINANCIAL RISK HEALTH CARE HEALTH CARE FINANCING HEALTH EXPENDITURE HEALTH FINANCING HEALTH INSURANCE HEALTH NEEDS HEALTH SECTOR HEALTH SERVICES HEALTH STATUS HEALTH SYSTEM HEALTH SYSTEM GOALS HEALTH SYSTEMS INCOME INFORMAL SECTOR INSURANCE CONTRIBUTIONS ISOLATION LIFE EXPECTANCY LOW INCOME LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS NUTRITION PREMIUMS PRIVATE INSURANCE PROGRAMS PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC SECTOR REINSURANCE RISK MANAGEMENT RISK SHARING SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL INSURANCE SOCIAL SECURITY SOCIAL SECURITY PROGRAMS SOCIAL SUPPORT TAXATION WORKERS
spellingShingle	COMMUNITY HEALTH COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION COVERAGE DEBT FINANCIAL RISK HEALTH CARE HEALTH CARE FINANCING HEALTH EXPENDITURE HEALTH FINANCING HEALTH INSURANCE HEALTH NEEDS HEALTH SECTOR HEALTH SERVICES HEALTH STATUS HEALTH SYSTEM HEALTH SYSTEM GOALS HEALTH SYSTEMS INCOME INFORMAL SECTOR INSURANCE CONTRIBUTIONS ISOLATION LIFE EXPECTANCY LOW INCOME LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS NUTRITION PREMIUMS PRIVATE INSURANCE PROGRAMS PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC SECTOR REINSURANCE RISK MANAGEMENT RISK SHARING SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL INSURANCE SOCIAL SECURITY SOCIAL SECURITY PROGRAMS SOCIAL SUPPORT TAXATION WORKERS Carrin, Guy Zeramdini, Riadh Musgrove, Philip Poullier, Jean-Pierre Valentine, Nicole Xu, Ke The Impact of the Degree of Risk-Sharing in Health Financing on Health System Attainment
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description	A simple econometric analysis is undertaken concerning the impact of the degree of risk sharing in countries' health financing organization on the goals of the health system, as defined in the World Health Report 2000, i.e., the level of health and its distribution across the population, the level of responsiveness and its distribution across the population, and fair financing. The degree of risk sharing varies according to whether countries have a universal coverage system, financed via social health insurance or general taxation, or systems with less well-developed coverage including variants of social health insurance and/or general taxation benefiting specific population groups. The research undertook a classification of countries according to the degree of risk sharing, based primarily on the health care financing legislation of the World Health Organization's 191 member states and on its data base of Health System Profiles. The results obtained give empirical support to the hypothesis that the degree of risk sharing in health financing organizations impacts positively on health system attainment, as measured by the five goals indicators.
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author	Carrin, Guy Zeramdini, Riadh Musgrove, Philip Poullier, Jean-Pierre Valentine, Nicole Xu, Ke
author_facet	Carrin, Guy Zeramdini, Riadh Musgrove, Philip Poullier, Jean-Pierre Valentine, Nicole Xu, Ke
author_sort	Carrin, Guy
title	The Impact of the Degree of Risk-Sharing in Health Financing on Health System Attainment
title_short	The Impact of the Degree of Risk-Sharing in Health Financing on Health System Attainment
title_full	The Impact of the Degree of Risk-Sharing in Health Financing on Health System Attainment
title_fullStr	The Impact of the Degree of Risk-Sharing in Health Financing on Health System Attainment
title_full_unstemmed	The Impact of the Degree of Risk-Sharing in Health Financing on Health System Attainment
title_sort	impact of the degree of risk-sharing in health financing on health system attainment
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2013
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2001/09/3493273/impact-degree-risk-sharing-health-financing-health-system-attainment http://hdl.handle.net/10986/13762
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The Impact of the Degree of Risk-Sharing in Health Financing on Health System Attainment

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