World Bank Group Support to Health Financing

The way countries finance health care influences how well a health system performs and achieves its expected outcomes, including how equitable and efficient it is. Countries decide how to mobilize revenues from different sources for financing healt...

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Main Author:	Independent Evaluation Group
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank Group, Washington, DC 2015
Subjects:	ACCESS TO CAPITAL ACCOUNTABILITY ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS ADULT MORTALITY ADVERSE SELECTION ADVISORY SERVICE ADVISORY SERVICES ADVISORY WORK ALTERNATIVE INVESTMENTS AUTONOMY BANK LENDING CAPACITY BUILDING CAPITATION CASH PAYMENT CHILD HEALTH COMMUNICABLE DISEASES CREDITS DEBTS DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE DIABETES DONOR FUNDS ECONOMIC ANALYSIS ECONOMIC CRISIS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH EMPLOYERS ENROLLMENT ENTREPRENEURIAL BEHAVIOR EPIDEMIOLOGICAL CHANGES EQUITY FUND EQUITY FUNDS EQUITY IN ACCESS EXCISE TAXES EXTERNAL FUNDS EXTERNALITIES FINANCES FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FINANCIAL CONSEQUENCES FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTIONS FINANCIAL INCENTIVES FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT FINANCIAL PROTECTION FINANCIAL RISK FINANCIAL RISK PROTECTION FINANCIAL SUPPORT FINANCIAL SUSTAINABILITY FINANCING HEALTH CARE FISCAL DECENTRALIZATION FISCAL POLICIES FISCAL POLICY FLOW OF FUNDS HEALTH AFFAIRS HEALTH BUDGETS HEALTH CARE HEALTH CARE ACCESS HEALTH CARE COSTS HEALTH CARE COVERAGE HEALTH CARE DELIVERY HEALTH CARE NETWORKS HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS HEALTH CARE SERVICES HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION HEALTH COVERAGE HEALTH EXPENDITURES HEALTH FACILITIES HEALTH FINANCE HEALTH FINANCING HEALTH FINANCING REFORM HEALTH FINANCING SYSTEM HEALTH INSURANCE HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS HEALTH INSURANCE SYSTEM HEALTH INSURERS HEALTH INTERVENTIONS HEALTH MAINTENANCE HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS HEALTH ORGANIZATION HEALTH OUTCOMES HEALTH PROGRAMS HEALTH PROJECT HEALTH PROJECTS HEALTH SECTOR HEALTH SECTOR REFORM HEALTH SERVICE HEALTH SERVICE USE HEALTH SERVICES HEALTH SPECIALIST HEALTH SPENDING HEALTH STATUS HEALTH STRATEGY HEALTH SYSTEM HEALTH SYSTEM PERFORMANCE HEALTH SYSTEM STRENGTHENING HEALTH SYSTEMS HEALTH SYSTEMS RESEARCH HEALTH SYSTEMS STRENGTHENING HEALTH WORKERS HEALTH-FINANCING HEALTHY DEVELOPMENT HMO HMOS HOLISTIC APPROACH HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN RESOURCES ILLNESS IMMUNIZATION IMPACT EVALUATIONS IMPACT ON HEALTH OUTCOMES INCOME INCOME COUNTRIES INCOME GROUPS INCOME HOUSEHOLDS INEQUALITIES INFECTIOUS DISEASES INFORMAL PAYMENTS INFORMAL SECTOR INFORMAL SECTOR WORKERS INFORMATION SYSTEMS INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY BUILDING INSTITUTIONAL REFORMS INSURANCE COMPANIES INSURANCE CONTRIBUTIONS INTEGRATION INTERNATIONAL BANK INTERNATIONAL FINANCE INTERVENTION LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKETS LOCAL GOVERNMENT LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES MARKET FAILURES MEDICAL INSURANCE MEDICAL SERVICES MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES MORTALITY MUNICIPALITIES NATIONAL HEALTH NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICES NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS NUTRITION PATIENT PATIENT SURVEYS PATIENTS PHARMACIES POCKET PAYMENTS PORTFOLIO ANALYSIS POSTNATAL CARE PREPAYMENT MECHANISMS PRIVATE EQUITY PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE PRIVATE INSURANCE PRIVATE INSURERS PRIVATE SECTOR PRODUCTIVITY PROVIDER PAYMENT PROVISION OF CARE PROVISION OF HEALTH CARE PUBLIC EXPENDITURE PUBLIC FINANCE PUBLIC FUNDS PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC HEALTH INSURANCE PUBLIC HEALTH INTERVENTIONS PUBLIC INSURERS PUBLIC POLICY PUBLIC SECTOR PUBLIC SPENDING PUBLIC SUBSIDIES QUALITY OF HEALTH QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE REVENUE MOBILIZATION SAFETY NETS SOCIAL HEALTH INSURANCE SOCIAL SAFETY NETS SUBSIDIARY SUPPLY OF HEALTH CARE TAX ADMINISTRATION TAX COLLECTION TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TOBACCO TAXES TRANSPORT TUBERCULOSIS USER FEES WAGES WAREHOUSE WORKERS
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/07/23214919/world-bank-group-support-health-financing http://hdl.handle.net/10986/21310

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Summary:	The way countries finance health care influences how well a health system performs and achieves its expected outcomes, including how equitable and efficient it is. Countries decide how to mobilize revenues from different sources for financing health care, how to pool revenues in public and private insurance and in a national health system with automatic coverage (risk pooling), and how to purchase care from health care providers. The World Bank has implemented health financing activities in 68 countries during FY03-12. Health financing interventions are found in about 40 percent of the Bank s Health, Nutrition, and Population portfolio. Most projects include interventions on revenue collection from public sources. Almost half of the projects support public health insurance and automatic coverage. More recently, results-based financing (RBF) operations became more prominent. The International Finance Corporation (IFC) delivered a small program in health financing. The evaluation makes five main recommendations: support government commitment and build technical and information capacity; address health financing as a cross-cutting issue at the country level; focus on health financing as a core comparative advantage; integrate all health financing functions; and strengthen monitoring and evaluation in Bank and IFC projects.

World Bank Group Support to Health Financing

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