Sri Lanka : Achieving Pro-Poor Universal Health Coverage without Health Financing Reforms

Sri Lanka : Achieving Pro-Poor Universal Health Coverage without Health Financing Reforms

Sri Lanka’s health system has a long track record of strong performance. This case study describes the main features and achievements of Sri Lanka’s high-performing health system, to distill lessons for the rest of the world. UNICO case studies foc...

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Main Author: Smith, Owen
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2018
Subjects:
UNIVERSAL HEALTH COVERAGE
HEALTH FINANCE
FINANCIAL PROTECTION
MORTALITY
HEALTH EXPENDITURE
HEALTH SPENDING
UNICO
UHC
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/138941516179080537/Sri-Lanka-Achieving-pro-poor-universal-health-coverage-without-health-financing-reforms
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spelling okr-10986-291752021-05-25T09:10:07Z Sri Lanka : Achieving Pro-Poor Universal Health Coverage without Health Financing Reforms Smith, Owen UNIVERSAL HEALTH COVERAGE HEALTH FINANCE FINANCIAL PROTECTION MORTALITY HEALTH EXPENDITURE HEALTH SPENDING UNICO UHC Sri Lanka’s health system has a long track record of strong performance. This case study describes the main features and achievements of Sri Lanka’s high-performing health system, to distill lessons for the rest of the world. UNICO case studies focus on a particular health coverage program. In Sri Lanka, the selected health coverage program is the government’s national health service (NHS) that was established in the 1930s and has remained broadly the same since then. Thus, the entire government health system is taken as the health coverage program, without narrowing the focus to a specific program. The relationship between the government system and the private health sector in Sri Lanka is explored in the case study. Looking forward, the pending agenda related to addressing the health needs of an aging population is also discussed. 2018-01-18T19:30:17Z 2018-01-18T19:30:17Z 2018-01 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/138941516179080537/Sri-Lanka-Achieving-pro-poor-universal-health-coverage-without-health-financing-reforms http://hdl.handle.net/10986/29175 English Universal Health Coverage Studies Series;No. 38 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Working Paper South Asia Sri Lanka
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topic UNIVERSAL HEALTH COVERAGE
HEALTH FINANCE
FINANCIAL PROTECTION
MORTALITY
HEALTH EXPENDITURE
HEALTH SPENDING
UNICO
UHC
spellingShingle UNIVERSAL HEALTH COVERAGE
HEALTH FINANCE
FINANCIAL PROTECTION
MORTALITY
HEALTH EXPENDITURE
HEALTH SPENDING
UNICO
UHC
Smith, Owen
Sri Lanka : Achieving Pro-Poor Universal Health Coverage without Health Financing Reforms
geographic_facet South Asia
Sri Lanka
relation Universal Health Coverage Studies Series;No. 38
description Sri Lanka’s health system has a long track record of strong performance. This case study describes the main features and achievements of Sri Lanka’s high-performing health system, to distill lessons for the rest of the world. UNICO case studies focus on a particular health coverage program. In Sri Lanka, the selected health coverage program is the government’s national health service (NHS) that was established in the 1930s and has remained broadly the same since then. Thus, the entire government health system is taken as the health coverage program, without narrowing the focus to a specific program. The relationship between the government system and the private health sector in Sri Lanka is explored in the case study. Looking forward, the pending agenda related to addressing the health needs of an aging population is also discussed.
format Working Paper
author Smith, Owen
author_facet Smith, Owen
author_sort Smith, Owen
title Sri Lanka : Achieving Pro-Poor Universal Health Coverage without Health Financing Reforms
title_short Sri Lanka : Achieving Pro-Poor Universal Health Coverage without Health Financing Reforms
title_full Sri Lanka : Achieving Pro-Poor Universal Health Coverage without Health Financing Reforms
title_fullStr Sri Lanka : Achieving Pro-Poor Universal Health Coverage without Health Financing Reforms
title_full_unstemmed Sri Lanka : Achieving Pro-Poor Universal Health Coverage without Health Financing Reforms
title_sort sri lanka : achieving pro-poor universal health coverage without health financing reforms
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2018
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/138941516179080537/Sri-Lanka-Achieving-pro-poor-universal-health-coverage-without-health-financing-reforms
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