Innovations in health care financing in developing countries
Wolfgang Greiner; J-Matthias Graf v. d. Schulenburg; Steffen Fleßa
Journal of Public Health 9(3): 261-272
2001
ISSN/ISBN: 2198-1833 DOI: 10.1007/bf02956498Document Number: 390874
The severe health care crisis in developing countries calls for a new health care financing system based on tailor-made health insurance schemes. Although there are manifold attempts of installing new risk sharing pools in developing countries, most of them are suffering from poor acceptance by the local population. In order to avoid that a nation-wide insurance system will prove unsustainable, the Ministry of Health of Uganda asked a team of consultants to tailor such a scheme for this East-African country. This paper presents the basic findings of the consultancy report, stressing the fact that a single insurance won't work in Uganda. There must be a well-balanced public-private mix and a strong distinction between locations, e. g.