ArticleApplied health economics and health policy2020
Analyzing the Financial Sustainability of User Fee Removal Policies: A Rapid First Assessment Methodology with a Practical Application for Burkina Faso.
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- Trends in out-of-pocket expenditure on facility-based delivery and financial protection of health insurance: findings from Vietnam's Household Living Standard Survey 2006-2018.International journal of health economics and management · 2023Article
- Do Out-of-Pocket Payments for Care for Children under 5 Persist Even in a Context of Free Healthcare in Burkina Faso? Evidence from a Cross-Sectional Population-Based Survey.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Examining the implementation of the Linda Mama free maternity program in Kenya.The International journal of health planning and management · 2021Article
- Health Financing in Sub-Saharan Africa: From Analytical Frameworks to Empirical Evaluation.Applied health economics and health policy · 2020Article
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Abstract
The purpose of this paper is to briefly present a methodological framework that does not require cumbersome investigations for a first assessment of the financial sustainability of policies aiming to remove or reduce healthcare user fees (the so-called free healthcare policy [FHCP]). This paper is organized in two main sections. The first analyzes the various possibilities available to finance an FHCP. Using several scenarios, it includes a special focus devoted to the calculus of what to consider when assessing the sustainability of expanding fiscal space for financing the FHCP. The second section relies on the current FHCP being implemented in Burkina Faso to illustrate a selection of specific issues raised in the methodological framework. The results suggest that sustainable FHCP financing is not outside the range of the government but does represent a significant challenge, as it will require, both currently and in the future, complex and delicate budget trade-offs at the highest governmental levels, regardless of other policy options to be considered.
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