Even in countries with highly centralized pooling, there are usually several pools of funds that are used to pay for some health services, for example occupational health programs, supply-side funding for other government services such as those delivered through vertical programs or voluntary health insurance [1]. Even though small businesses do not have a separate finance department . xref Department of Health Systems Governance and Financing, World Health Organization, Avenue Appia, 1211, Geneva, Switzerland, World Health Organization, Tunis, Tunisia, You can also search for this author in to (5.) Figure 5.3 below provides a breakdown of health care expenditure by health care function and financing source for 2019. 814 0 obj <>stream The highest VHI expenditure share (47%) was in South Africa, yet this spending covered only about 16% of the population [52]. They also need to monitor cash on hand, businesses may be profitable but have a shortage of cash and. endstream endobj 168 0 obj<>stream The three key functions of a health financing system-resource mobilization, pooling, and purchasing-are described in Figure 1. 0000006049 00000 n Bull World Health Organ. Its main purpose is to share the financial risk associated with health . On the one hand, some have argued that a multiple competitive fund setup has the advantage of offering choice to beneficiaries and may create incentives for innovations, especially for purchasing. We examined the nature and structure of pooling in more than 100 countries across all income groups to develop the classification. fragmented systems with voluntary health insurance, duplicating publicly financed coverage; and (8.) 2019, 5/393(10166):75102. kem ZG, akar M. What have health care reforms achieved in Turkey? 2015;119(9):115363. Then, within each health financing function, key performance issues and associated measurable indicators are developed. Google Scholar. To develop the classification, we combined the different features in the structure and the nature of pooling and then examined the nature and structure of pooling in more than 100 countries across all income groups. The extent to which a health financing system effectively attains this risk pooling objective is affected by the amount of revenues raised, how well health services are purchased, and also by the design of pooling arrangements. 2. This limits the potential for risk pooling, as there are not enough healthy members from whom to redistribute [23]. When people have access to publicly financed coverage schemes, this VHI is duplicating. 0000074834 00000 n It is the provision of money to the population for health services (preventive as well as curative), family planning activities, nutrition activities, and emergency aid designated for health. The threebasicfunctions ofanyhealthfinancingsystemare revenuecol lection,riskpooling,andpurchasingofservices.Figure3.1highlightsthese basic functions, together with the basic health system objectives they are designedtoachieve.Countriesneedtofocusnotongenericmodelsbuton healthfinancingfunctions andobjectives andthespecificmicroandmacro Risk adjustment can be organized in two ways: Either funds are allocated from a national level fundholder to the various pools through risk-adjusted allocations, based on such criteria as age, sex, poverty status and disease burden [1]. Therefore, maximizing the potential to redistribute from lower-need to higher-need individuals by de-linking contributions (of whatever form, such as taxes or insurance premiums) from their health risk is the central objective for pooling. different pools for different population groups, with explicit coverage for all; (6.) Rather it is a first attempt at a classification, which could encourage further useful work from others. Here the pooling function lies with a sub-national entity, such as a state, province, or district (if managed by a level of public administration) or another entity, such as a health insurance fund, with defined responsibility for the entire population of that territory [14]. The function of pooling and the ways that countries organize this is critical for countries progress towards universal health coverage, but its potential as a policy instrument has not received much attention. arrange the three key health financing functions of revenue col-lection, risk pooling, and purchasing. 14]: The World Bank; 2013 [http://siteresources.worldbank.org/HEALTHNUTRITIONANDPOPULATION/Images/MexicanSocialProtectionSysteminHealth.pdf. 0000014993 00000 n Alternatively, in a non-competitive arrangement, people could be assigned to specific pools, with enrollment being based on explicit criteria, so that the different pools cannot compete for beneficiaries [11]. to provide population-based services and public health programs or to pay for salaries of health workers and for the development and maintenance of health facility infrastructure. However, the overall level of prepaid funds arises from how a health system raises revenues, and not how it organizes pooling arrangements. 8. We propose eight broad types of pooling arrangements: (1.) Sometimes, these arrangements include a purchaser-provider split. The classification, such as the one we are proposing is simply meant to facilitate the reflecting around a response. !{~4nf0QMh92]Ta, *eIF There are two forms of institutional setup found for this pooling arrangement. "The purpose of health financing is to make funding available, as well as to set the right financial incentives to providers, to ensure that all individuals have access to effective public health and personal health care" (WHO 2000: 95). the mobilization of resources for the health sector; 2) pooling, i.e. Due to voluntary participation, small pool size and little or no subsidization of poor and vulnerable groups, CBHI can play only a very limited role in progressing towards UHC. ), (7.) Book Sagan A, Thomson S. Voluntary health insurance in Europe: country experience. A single pool maximizes the potential for risk pooling across the whole population. Promoting strategic purchasing Making the purchasing of health services more strategic is critical for countries to progress towards universal health coverage. However, we recognize that any classification is a simplification of reality and does not substitute for a country-specific analysis of pooling arrangements. 0000000016 00000 n basic functions, together with the basic health system objectives they aredesigned to achieve. Q J Econ. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2008. There are some countries that rely predominantly on a single national pool funded from general government revenues. 0000014440 00000 n general tax revenues or a combination of those revenues and social insurance contributions from employers and employees [30]. Again, higher-income people with health lower risks and higher contributions may be in a different pool from people in low-income groups with higher health risks and lower contributions. Finally, there may be specific coverage schemes for defined population groups, such as the poor [30]. Policy note. All authors have read and approved the final manuscript. Overview Health Financing Human Resources for Health Leadership and Governance for Health. Three key health financing system functions Resource Mobilization: The resources allocated to these different pools may come from a mix of centrally and sub-nationally raised revenues, with allocations often based on a consistent formula applied across the country. Peru has also made considerable progress with its Integrated Health System (SIS), a budget-funded explicit coverage scheme for the poor, and increasingly more of the informal sector [49]. Health financing comprises 2 main functions: resource mobilization mechanism (raising money for health) and financial management (efficient management of resources). Pettigrew LM, Mathauer I. Community based health insurance: how can it contribute to progress towards UHC? From a system point of view, there are benefits to this arrangement because these forms of VHI can fill explicit gaps in publicly funded coverage. taxes, user fees, private health insurance), business (e . Baeza CC, Packard TG. Systems relying on territorially distinct pools are usually a product of a wider political context of federalism or devolution. Kroneman M, Boerma W, van den Berg M, Groenewegen P, de Jong J, van Ginneken E. The Netherlands: health system review. PubMed Central From a pooling perspective, there is no difference between a national single national pool operated by the Ministry of Healthand a single health insurance fund. Frenz P, Delgado I, Kaufman JS, Harper S. Achieving effective universal health coverage with equity: evidence from Chile. Sparkes S, Durn A, Kutzin J. Health Care Syst Transit. But a system with territorially distinct pools can suffer from fragmentation, if and when their population size or the territory are too small to ensure redistributive capacity, or when sub-national territories have very different levels of average per capita expenditure on health. The Canada health transfer: changes to provincial allocations. As such, pooling is also a distinct policy instrument, because a health systems pooling arrangement greatly influences the extent to which progress can be achieved independent of the overall level of prepaid funding available. Reforms in the pooling of funds. When each level of government in a decentralized setting pools for a distinct level of health services, then it is organized in a territorially distinct way. Table1 outlines the respective features under each. The interplay between the core functions of health financing are brought to light by studies that have shown that increased financial resources for health do not necessarily This may indirectly contribute to pro-poor equity as well, to the extent that poorer persons have greater health needs [1, 18]. Taskforce on Innovative International Financing for Health Systems. 2018;122:45772. In: Kutzin J, Cashin C, Jakab M, editors. Ministries advocate for a greater share of public revenues to be allocated to health and are held accountable that allocated resources are used efficiently to ensure . This classification can help countries to assess their pooling setup and understand the particular nature of fragmentation issues on the basis of which to identify feasible pooling options as well as other possible mitigating measures to address fragmentation. IM, PS and JK developed the outline and framework. 2013;91(8):60211. 0000035307 00000 n However, in some instances, this pooling set up may only be territorially distinct on paper. Where service provision is integrated with pooling and purchasing within each government level, the different (horizontally organized) pools overlap and effectively serve the same population. 1.2.1. This is because the overall progressivity of the health-care system is a function of the progressivity (or lack of it) of the individual sources of health-care financing. comprising 50% of the health system but regulatory functions of the government have yet to be fully maximized. In some cases, this is limited to civil servants only. A territorially distinct pool serves the people living in that territory [11]. there is one fund for the population in that one territory. 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