Making fair choices on the path to universal health coverage : final report of the WHO Consultative Group on Equity and Universal Health Coverage
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2014
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World Health Organization, Geneva, CH
Abstract
Since 2010, more than seventy countries have requested policy support and technical
advice from the World Health Organization (WHO) for how to move toward universal
health coverage (UHC). As part of the response, WHO set up a Consultative Group on
Equity and Universal Health Coverage.
This final report by the Consultative Group addresses the key issues of fairness and
equity that arise on the path to UHC by clarifying these issues and offering recommendations
for how countries can manage them.
To achieve UHC, countries must advance in at least three dimensions. Countries must
expand priority services, include more people, and reduce out-of-pocket payments.
However, in each of these dimensions, countries are faced with a critical choice: Which
services to expand first, whom to include first, and how to shift from out-of-pocket
payment toward prepayment? A commitment to fairness—and the overlapping concern
for equity—and a commitment to respecting individuals’ rights to health care must
guide countries in making these decisions...
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WHO, UNIVERSAL HEALTH COVERAGE, RIGHT TO HEALTH, HEALTH ADMINISTRATION, HUMAN RIGHTS, HEALTH PRIORITIES, SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH, POLICY MONITORING, DECISION MAKING, FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT, HEALTH POLICY, ACCOUNTABILITY