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To assess health financing patterns and trends between 1998 and 2002 across WHO African Region member states and formulate strategies to achieve universal coverage.

September 14, 2007East African Medical JournalOpen Access

An overview of health financing patterns and the way forward in the who african region

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JKJoses Muthuri KirigiaAfrican Economic Research Consortium APAlex PrekerWorld Bank GCGuy CarrinBoston University

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Retrospective analysis reveals heavy reliance on out-of-pocket expenditure and low public spending in 46 African nations, highlighting the need for strategic transitions to universal coverage.

Key Points

To assess health financing patterns and trends between 1998 and 2002 across WHO African Region member states and formulate strategies to achieve universal coverage.
Retrospective analysis of National Health Accounts data from the World Health Report 2005 covering 46 WHO Member States in the African Region.
Evaluated indicators including per capita spending, health expenditure relative to GDP and national budgets, private versus public contributions, and out-of-pocket shares using Lotus SmartSuite software.
Forty-four countries allocated less than 15% of annual national budgets to health, 15 spent less than 4.5% of GDP on health, and 63% of regional governments spent under US$10 per person annually.
Private spending constituted over 40% of total health expenditure in 31 countries, and direct out-of-pocket payments accounted for more than 50% of private expenditure in 38 countries.
Only 24 countries derived at least 50% of total health expenditure from public sources, while prepaid insurance mechanisms covered only a small proportion of the population.

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Kirigia et al. (2007) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a0c6f9de8a76b3043887c04 https://doi.org/10.4314/eamj.v83i9.9492

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September 14, 2007East African Medical JournalOpen Access

An overview of health financing patterns and the way forward in the who african region

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Authors

JKJoses Muthuri KirigiaAfrican Economic Research Consortium APAlex PrekerWorld Bank GCGuy CarrinBoston University

Discussion

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Implication

Retrospective analysis reveals heavy reliance on out-of-pocket expenditure and low public spending in 46 African nations, highlighting the need for strategic transitions to universal coverage.

Key Points

To assess health financing patterns and trends between 1998 and 2002 across WHO African Region member states and formulate strategies to achieve universal coverage.
Retrospective analysis of National Health Accounts data from the World Health Report 2005 covering 46 WHO Member States in the African Region.
Evaluated indicators including per capita spending, health expenditure relative to GDP and national budgets, private versus public contributions, and out-of-pocket shares using Lotus SmartSuite software.
Forty-four countries allocated less than 15% of annual national budgets to health, 15 spent less than 4.5% of GDP on health, and 63% of regional governments spent under US$10 per person annually.
Private spending constituted over 40% of total health expenditure in 31 countries, and direct out-of-pocket payments accounted for more than 50% of private expenditure in 38 countries.
Only 24 countries derived at least 50% of total health expenditure from public sources, while prepaid insurance mechanisms covered only a small proportion of the population.

Cite This Study

Kirigia et al. (2007) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a0c6f9de8a76b3043887c04 https://doi.org/10.4314/eamj.v83i9.9492

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