On May 31, 2022, the Community of Practice (CoP) of the Health Financing Resiliency Program (HFRP) organized an open session on data collection on health expenditure. The event brought together health practitioners to discuss practical challenges and processes employed to collect health expenditure data, including during the COVID-19 pandemic, highlighting an example from Malaysia.
At the event, this document was presented by Premila Devi Jeganathan, Head of the National Health Accounts, Ministry of Health of Malaysia.
In a new blog post, Juan Pablo Uribe notes that the new World Bank publication argues that governments have an opportunity to ameliorate these conditions by reimagining primary health care (PHC) for older people and integrating it with other forms of person-centered care, including community care, secondary and tertiary care, and long-term care. PHC systems can be adapted to meet seniors’ diverse needs, improve health outcomes, and control costs.
In a new blog post, Juan Pablo Uribe notes that the new World Bank publication argues that governments have an opportunity to ameliorate these conditions by reimagining primary health care (PHC) for older people and integrating it with other forms of person-centered care, including community care, secondary and tertiary care, and long-term care. PHC systems can be adapted to meet seniors’ diverse needs, improve health outcomes, and control costs.
This report reveals growing gaps in care for elderly people in countries at all income levels. It discusses how to close these gaps and leverage reforms to improve the health of seniors, creating healthier, more prosperous communities. It argues that primary health care should be the cornerstone of integrated service delivery for older people. It presents an original framework for policy action and provides recommendations for decision-makers. The framework presents four policy levers with which to improve health care for seniors—Financing, Innovation, Regulation, and Evaluation and measurement—or FIRE.
This report reveals growing gaps in care for elderly people in countries at all income levels. It discusses how to close these gaps and leverage reforms to improve the health of seniors, creating healthier, more prosperous communities. It argues that primary health care should be the cornerstone of integrated service delivery for older people. It presents an original framework for policy action and provides recommendations for decision-makers. The framework presents four policy levers with which to improve health care for seniors—Financing, Innovation, Regulation, and Evaluation and measurement—or FIRE.
In a new blog post, Juan Pablo Uribe notes that the new World Bank publication argues that governments have an opportunity to ameliorate these conditions by reimagining primary health care (PHC) for older people and integrating it with other forms of person-centered care, including community care, secondary and tertiary care, and long-term care. PHC systems can be adapted to meet seniors’ diverse needs, improve health outcomes, and control costs.
There is a third dimention re: Measuring what matters - See MUHAMMAD ALI PATE's Blog - Primary health care needs to be fit for the post COVID world – how do we do that? He references: “Walking the Talk: Reimagining Primary Health Care After COVID-19”, shows how countries can revitalize their primary health care systems to improve health outcomes and be better prepared for the next global pandemic. I welcome your thoughts and thank you for your contribution, it is timely and topical.
This special report (attached) compares the measurement of primary health care (PHC) expenditure proposed by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and by the World Health Organization (WHO), according to the global framework for reporting health expenditures (SHA 2011) in three countries in the Region of the Americas. There are conceptual differences: (1) operationalization as basic care, by OECD, versus first contact, by WHO; (2) a wider range of goods and services in the WHO definition (including medicines, administration, and collective preventive services); and (3) consideration only of services in outpatient providers by OECD. The broad WHO definition of PHC as first contact facilitates inclusion of services that reflect the way countries provide care to their populations. Even so, WHO could improve its category descriptions for the purposes of international comparison. Restricting PHC to outpatient providers (as the OECD does) greatly limits measurement and excludes interventions intrinsic to the concept of PHC, such as collective preventive services. As a transitional step, we recommend that countries should monitor PHC funding and should explain what they include in their definition. SHA 2011 makes it possible to identify and compare these differences. (See also: https://iris.paho.org/handle/10665.2/56088)
This special report (attached) compares the measurement of primary health care (PHC) expenditure proposed by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and by the World Health Organization (WHO), according to the global framework for reporting health expenditures (SHA 2011) in three countries in the Region of the Americas. There are conceptual differences: (1) operationalization as basic care, by OECD, versus first contact, by WHO; (2) a wider range of goods and services in the WHO definition (including medicines, administration, and collective preventive services); and (3) consideration only of services in outpatient providers by OECD. The broad WHO definition of PHC as first contact facilitates inclusion of services that reflect the way countries provide care to their populations. Even so, WHO could improve its category descriptions for the purposes of international comparison. Restricting PHC to outpatient providers (as the OECD does) greatly limits measurement and excludes interventions intrinsic to the concept of PHC, such as collective preventive services. As a transitional step, we recommend that countries should monitor PHC funding and should explain what they include in their definition. SHA 2011 makes it possible to identify and compare these differences. (See also: https://iris.paho.org/handle/10665.2/56088)
This presentation highlights key finding and policy recommendations from The Lancet Global Health Commission on Financing Primary Health Care. It was shared during the HFRP CoP event on "Lancet Global Health Commission of Financing PHC – what next?" on June 7, 2022, by the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.
The Lancet Commission report highlights challenges in financing PHC. Full report here.
This presentation highlights key finding and policy recommendations from The Lancet Global Health Commission on Financing Primary Health Care. It was shared during the HFRP CoP event on "Lancet Global Health Commission of Financing PHC – what next?" on June 7, 2022, by the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.
The Lancet Commission report highlights challenges in financing PHC. Full report here.
