Financial Risk Protection and Universal Health Coverage: Evidence and Measurement Challenges

• Published in: PLoS medicine Vol. 11; no. 9; p. e1001701
• Main Authors: Saksena, Priyanka, Hsu, Justine, Evans, David B.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 01.09.2014; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Collection Review; Financial risk; Health Care Reform - economics; Health Care Reform - trends; Health Expenditures - trends; Health services; Households; Humans; Measurement; Medicine and Health Sciences; National health insurance; Reinsurance; Risk; Risk Sharing, Financial - economics; Risk Sharing, Financial - trends; Services; Social Sciences; Socioeconomic Factors; Statistical data; Universal Health Insurance - economics; Universal Health Insurance - trends; United Kingdom

Financial risk protection is a key component of universal health coverage (UHC), which is defined as access to all needed quality health services without financial hardship. As part of the PLOS Medicine Collection on measurement of UHC, the aim of this paper is to examine and to compare and contrast...