Resource Allocation for Health Equity : Issues and Methods

In this paper, it is discuss methods to allocate national health care funds to purchasers or insurers of health care. For administrative reasons, resources are usually allocated as they always have been-which relates more closely to the existing structure and demand than to need. Resource allocation through capitation is needed to achieve equity in access to health care or health outcome. Capitation should be based on epidemiological or socio-demographic need factors. The author discusses how to select and weight need factors and provides examples from high and low income countries.

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Main Author:	Diderichsen, Finn
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2004-09
Subjects:	ABILITY TO PAY, ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE, AGED, AVERAGE COSTS, BEDS, BIRTHS, BURDEN OF DISEASE, CANCER, CAPITATION, CHILD CARE, CHILD MORTALITY, COHABITATION, DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH, DISABILITY, ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS, EMPLOYMENT, EPIDEMIOLOGY, EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES, EQUITY IN ACCESS, EQUITY IN HEALTH, EXERCISES, GLOBAL BUDGETS, HEALTH CARE, HEALTH CARE COSTS, HEALTH CARE FINANCING, HEALTH CARE INSTITUTIONS, HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS, HEALTH CARE REFORMS, HEALTH CARE RESOURCES, HEALTH CARE SERVICES, HEALTH CARE SPENDING, HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS, HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION, HEALTH DETERMINANTS, HEALTH EFFECTS, HEALTH IMPACT, HEALTH INSURANCE, HEALTH POLICY, HEALTH PROBLEMS, HEALTH SECTOR, HEALTH SERVICES, HEALTH STATUS, HEALTH SURVEYS, HEALTH SYSTEM, HORIZONTAL EQUITY, HOUSING, HUMAN DEVELOPMENT, HUMAN RESOURCES, IMMIGRANTS, IMMUNIZATION, IMMUNIZATION COVERAGE, IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS, IMMUNIZATION RATES, INCOME, INFECTIOUS DISEASES, INJURIES, INSURANCE PREMIUMS, INTERVENTION, LESSONS LEARNED, LIFE EXPECTANCY, LIVING STANDARDS, MEDICAL CARE, MEDICAL EQUIPMENT, MORBIDITY, MORTALITY, MORTALITY RATES, MOTIVATION, NUTRITION, PATIENTS, PERVERSE INCENTIVES, PRIMARY CARE, PROMOTING HEALTH, PSYCHIATRIC CARE, PUBLIC HEALTH, PUBLIC SECTOR, QUALITY OF CARE, QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE, RESOURCE ALLOCATION, SOCIAL EPIDEMIOLOGY, SOCIAL POLICY, TAXATION, WEIGHT,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/09/5638333/resource-allocation-health-equity-issues-methods https://hdl.handle.net/10986/13619
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