Universal health coverage: does anything go? No
Joseph Kutzin – In its World health report 2010, the World Health Organization noted that there is no single, best path for reforming health financing arrangements to move systems closer to universal health coverage, i.e. to improve access to needed, effective services while protecting users from financial ruin. However, this lack of a blueprint for health financing reforms was not meant to convey the message that “anything goes” on the path to universal health coverage. Indeed, concerns have been raised that some reforms, often implemented in the name of expanding coverage, may actually compromise equity. Theory and country experience yield important lessons on both promising directions and pitfalls to avoid.
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