State budget transfers to health insurance funds: Extending universal health coverage in low- and middle-income countries of the WHO European Region

International Journal for Equity in Health

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Mathauer, Inke ^a   Theisling, Mareike ^b   Mathivet, Benoit ^a   Vilcu, Ileana ^a  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development   (Germany)

Author keywords

Financial protection; Government budget transfers; Health insurance; Informal sector; Universal health coverage; Vulnerable populations

Indexed keywords

DATABASE; FINANCIAL POLICY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICES; INFORMAL SECTOR; LITERATURE REVIEW; LOW INCOME POPULATION; PUBLIC SPENDING; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ARTICLE; EUROPEAN; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; FUNDING; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INCOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURCHASING; SOCIAL STATUS; STATE BUDGET TRANSFER; EASTERN EUROPE; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; INSURANCE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS; TRENDS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EUROPE;

EUROPE, EASTERN; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HUMANS; UNIVERSAL COVERAGE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84963549014     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14759276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12939-016-0321-0     Document Type: Article

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