Differentiation in Healthcare Financing in EU Countries

Eugene Nivorozhkin: Financing choices of firms in EU accession countries

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Capitation in Healthcare Financing in Ghana.

OBJECTIVE To analyse implementation of the pilot study of the per capita system of healthcare financing in Ghana in 2012 for a determination of the likelihood of realising the inherent theoretical benefits when the system is rolled out nationally. DESIGN AND SETTING First, publicly available information on how the pilot unfolded is presented, followed by the reaction of the health authorities...

Financing healthcare in Gulf Cooperation Council countries: a focus on Saudi Arabia

BACKGROUND This paper presents an analysis of the main characteristics of the Gulf Cooperation Council's (GCC) health financing systems and draws similarities and differences between GCC countries and other high-income and low-income countries, in order to provide recommendations for healthcare policy makers. The paper also illustrates some financial implications of the recent implementation of...

Health financing in developing and transitional countries

Accelerated Reforms in Healthcare Financing: The Need to Scale up Private Sector Participation in Nigeria

The health sector, a foremost service sector in Nigeria, faces a number of challenges; primarily, the persistent under-funding of the health sector by the Nigerian government as evidence reveals low allocations to the health sector and poor health system performance which are reflected in key health indices of the country.Notwithstanding, there is evidence that the private sector could be a key...