Options for health financing reform are often portrayed as a choice between general taxation (known as the Beveridge model) and social health insurance (known as the Bismarck model). Ten years of health financing reform in Kyrgyzstan, since the introduction of its compulsory health insurance fund in 1997, provide an excellent example of why it is wrong to reduce health financing policy to a cho...

Background The National Health Security Scheme was established 10 years ago with the document finance model in communicating the transfer of budget from payer to providers. This model was found to be inefficient in transferring (17 billion Baht delay) or not knowing the amount transferred (33 billion Baht bad debt). A new ageing account model was developed 3 years ago to improve efficiency in f...

introduction: the rapid increase in health costs across the world has forced governments to use insurance programs. uncontrolled costs would reduce the financial ability of insurance organizations in providing services. abuse of health insurance wastes 3-15% of the health budget annually. this study was conducted to determine cases of violating the rules and regulations of medical services insu...

drug and health literacy is a key determinant of health outcomes. there are several tools to assess drug and health literacy. the objective of this article is to determine drug literacy level and its relationships with other factors using a single screening tool. a cross- sectional survey was conducted among 1104 people in qazvin province, iran. based on the proportional-to-size method, partici...

BACKGROUND The primary health care (PHC) network contributed considerably to improving health outcomes in rural Iran. However, the health system suffers from inadequate responses to ever-increasing demands. In 2005, a reform comprised of a family physician (FP) programme and universal health insurance was implemented in all rural areas and cities with a population of <20 000. We explored the ro...

the problem of food security during the last few decades has acquired a global character. population growth, reduction of farmland suitable for agriculture and ecological factors has led to a sharp increase in food demand. in such conditions, the role of countries which are able to increase the export of agricultural production in short-term periods is rising. ukraine has great opportunities fo...

In the difficult economic conditions in Russia, caused, as all countries, by consequences of coronavirus pandemic, search for additional government revenues is becoming especially relevant. All possibilities cutting budget expenditures are being considered, including optimization number civil servants. The deputies State Duma Russia over past month have been actively discussing effectiveness fu...

This issue brief explores the use of premium assistance in publicly financed health insurance coverage programs. In the context of Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), premium assistance entails using federal and state funds to subsidize the premiums for the purchase of private insurance coverage for eligible individuals. This paper considers the evolution of prem...