Financing for a Resilient Health System in India: Lessons from the COVID Pandemic

Gupta, Indrani

doi:10.1007/978-981-16-7385-6_13

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“…Healthcare delivery in India is characterised by a mix of public and private sectors. Although public healthcare is provided free of cost to the people, due to various deficiencies at the public healthcare facilities, many families seek healthcare from the private sector, incurring out-of-pocket expenditure (Common Health Fund, 2020; Gupta, 2022).…”

Section: Health Systems—india Vs Ksamentioning

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Health System Financing: A Comparative Analysis of India and Saudi Arabia

Sodani

Mughal

2023

Journal of Health Management

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The objective of this study is to provide a comparative analysis of the health financing systems in India and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) across three major domains: resource mobilisation, pooling of resources and purchase of health services. This is an observational study using secondary data collected from international organisations, ministries of health and other government and non-government agencies in India and KSA. The study revealed that India has a very low expenditure on healthcare and markedly lower health outcomes compared to KSA. Although India’s health financing system has undergone notable changes in the last two decades, it is lagging behind in many health financing system parameters. However, the share of government expenditure on current health expenditure has been increasing steadily with higher allocations to primary and secondary care. By expanding health insurance coverage and sustainable public health funding, it is likely that India will make significant progress towards achieving UHC.

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Health System Financing: A Comparative Analysis of India and Saudi Arabia

Sodani

Mughal

2023

Journal of Health Management

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“…Marginean and Orastean [41] examined, during COVID-19 crisis in the European Union, the relationship between health financing and pandemic preparedness. They found that high health spenders performed better in facing the COVID-19 crisis and that high financing increases performance and resilience of health systems [42] . Ovsiannikova [43] found that higher health expenditure reduced COVID-19 mortality in low-income countries but the effect of health expenditure on mortality was insignificant in middle- and high-income countries.…”

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Negative effects of high public debt on health systems facing pandemic crisis: Lessons from COVID-19 in Europe to prepare for future emergencies

Coccia,

Benati

2024

AIMSPH

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<abstract> <p>The investigation goal here was to analyze how the level of public debt affects preparedness of health systems to face emergencies. In particular, this study examined the negative effects of high public debt on health systems of European countries in the presence of the COVID-19 pandemic crisis. Empirical evidence revealed that European countries with a lower level of government debt as a percentage of GDP both in 2009 and 2019 (the period before the arrival of the pandemic) had lower COVID-19 fatality rates compared to countries with higher levels of public debt. The explanation is that high levels of public debt in countries trigger budget constraints that limit their ability to allocate resources to healthcare systems (e.g., health expenditures and investments), weakening health system performance and causing systemic vulnerability and lower preparedness during emergencies, such as with the COVID-19 pandemic. Implications of health policies are suggested to improve strategies of crisis management.</p> </abstract>

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Healthcare financing in core countries of BRICS: developing a mixed system

Chubarova,

Shestakova

2024

Society and Economics

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The article examines healthcare financing in the core countries of BRICS in the current multi-faceted crisis, touching upon two aspects, namely the total volume of financing and the organizational framework in which it is carried out. It is shown that in the countries under consideration, despite the differences in the socio-economic situation, the government attaches great importance to the development of healthcare systems, and with a combination of public and private financing, the general trend is to strengthen state participation. This should help to overcome fragmentation of healthcare, considering the need to ensure universal access of the population to medical care. At the same time, the combinations of financing mechanisms used differ by country; the prevailing trend is the widespread use of social health insurance while in the private financing sector the share of “out of pocket” payments is decreasing. The active reforms of healthcare systems in the core countries of BRICS are at various stages of implementation and many of the tasks set are still far from being completed.

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Financing for a Resilient Health System in India: Lessons from the COVID Pandemic

Cited by 3 publications

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Health System Financing: A Comparative Analysis of India and Saudi Arabia

Health System Financing: A Comparative Analysis of India and Saudi Arabia

Negative effects of high public debt on health systems facing pandemic crisis: Lessons from COVID-19 in Europe to prepare for future emergencies

Healthcare financing in core countries of BRICS: developing a mixed system

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