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Towards a meaningful measure of universal health coverage for the next billion

Year: 2017

Type: article

Abstract: Effectively monitoring universal health coverage (UHC) has become increasingly important, especially given the centrality of UHC in the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) era and its ascent in policy dialogues. Further, a pillar of WHO's Global Programme of Work for 2019–231 is the provision of universal health coverage (UHC) to 1 billion more people. Yet without greater consensus on what set of health services should comprise an ideal measure of UHC, we lack a roadmap for achieving and monitoring these aims.

Source: The Lancet Global Health

DOI: 10.1016/s2214-109x(17)30487-4

Authors: Nancy Fullman, Rafael Lozano

Institutions: University of Washington, Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation

Language: English

Topic: Healthcare Systems and Reforms

Subfield: Finance

Field: Economics, Econometrics and Finance

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $6,680