Improving Health Financing Systems: Improving Institutional Design And Organizational Practice

Overview

Health  financing  systems  need  to  constantly  adapt  because  there  is  always  room  for improvement  and  above  all  because  country  conditions  and  demands  change.  This  is true  for  all  countries  across  the  income  spectrum.  Thus,  accelerating  progress  towards universal  coverage  is  not  just  a  technical  exercise  but  also  a  change-management  and political  process,  as  outlined  in  the  WHR  decision-making  cycle. 

This brief is part of a series, The World Health Report Technical Briefs, written to further develop key policy issues outlined in the World Health Report 2010: Health systems financing: The path to universal coverage. The Briefs give a concise overview of the issues. They describe some country experiences and propose a menu of actions for policy makers.