Tanzania Health Financing Policy Notes : The Role of Complementary Financing Mechanisms in Tanzania’s Health Finance Architecture

This note reviews the role of domestic financing sources other than general government budget allocations in Tanzania’s health financing architecture. These include funds raised from user fees or cost sharing, reimbursements from the national healt...

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Main Authors: Ally, Mariam, Piatti-Funfkirchen, Moritz
Format: Policy Note
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2021
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/260831610521950856/Health-Financing-Policy-Notes-The-Role-Complementary-Financing-Mechanism-s-in-Tanzania-s-Health-Finance-Architecture
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spelling okr-10986-350382021-04-23T14:02:14Z Tanzania Health Financing Policy Notes : The Role of Complementary Financing Mechanisms in Tanzania’s Health Finance Architecture Ally, Mariam Piatti-Funfkirchen, Moritz HEALTH FINANCE HEALTH FINANCING ARCHITECTURE PUBLIC EXPENDITURE NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE FUND COST SHARING HEALTH INSURANCE This note reviews the role of domestic financing sources other than general government budget allocations in Tanzania’s health financing architecture. These include funds raised from user fees or cost sharing, reimbursements from the national health insurance fund (NHIF), funds made available from the improved community health fund (iCHF), insurance for workers in the urban informal sector (TIKA), and other private insurance. In Tanzania, these are referred to as complimentary financing mechanisms. 2021-01-21T19:44:44Z 2021-01-21T19:44:44Z 2020-03 Policy Note http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/260831610521950856/Health-Financing-Policy-Notes-The-Role-Complementary-Financing-Mechanism-s-in-Tanzania-s-Health-Finance-Architecture http://hdl.handle.net/10986/35038 English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work Economic & Sector Work :: Policy Note Africa Africa Eastern and Southern (AFE) Tanzania
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topic HEALTH FINANCE
HEALTH FINANCING ARCHITECTURE
PUBLIC EXPENDITURE
NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE FUND
COST SHARING
HEALTH INSURANCE
spellingShingle HEALTH FINANCE
HEALTH FINANCING ARCHITECTURE
PUBLIC EXPENDITURE
NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE FUND
COST SHARING
HEALTH INSURANCE
Ally, Mariam
Piatti-Funfkirchen, Moritz
Tanzania Health Financing Policy Notes : The Role of Complementary Financing Mechanisms in Tanzania’s Health Finance Architecture
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Africa Eastern and Southern (AFE)
Tanzania
description This note reviews the role of domestic financing sources other than general government budget allocations in Tanzania’s health financing architecture. These include funds raised from user fees or cost sharing, reimbursements from the national health insurance fund (NHIF), funds made available from the improved community health fund (iCHF), insurance for workers in the urban informal sector (TIKA), and other private insurance. In Tanzania, these are referred to as complimentary financing mechanisms.
format Policy Note
author Ally, Mariam
Piatti-Funfkirchen, Moritz
author_facet Ally, Mariam
Piatti-Funfkirchen, Moritz
author_sort Ally, Mariam
title Tanzania Health Financing Policy Notes : The Role of Complementary Financing Mechanisms in Tanzania’s Health Finance Architecture
title_short Tanzania Health Financing Policy Notes : The Role of Complementary Financing Mechanisms in Tanzania’s Health Finance Architecture
title_full Tanzania Health Financing Policy Notes : The Role of Complementary Financing Mechanisms in Tanzania’s Health Finance Architecture
title_fullStr Tanzania Health Financing Policy Notes : The Role of Complementary Financing Mechanisms in Tanzania’s Health Finance Architecture
title_full_unstemmed Tanzania Health Financing Policy Notes : The Role of Complementary Financing Mechanisms in Tanzania’s Health Finance Architecture
title_sort tanzania health financing policy notes : the role of complementary financing mechanisms in tanzania’s health finance architecture
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2021
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/260831610521950856/Health-Financing-Policy-Notes-The-Role-Complementary-Financing-Mechanism-s-in-Tanzania-s-Health-Finance-Architecture
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