PMAC 2020
Plenary Session 2
Making Health Financing for UHC SAFE
Saturday, 1st February 2020
Kara Hanson, Lydia DsaneSelby, Holger Michiel Van Eden, Agnes Soucat,
Yasuhisa Shiozaki, K. Srinath Reddy
Side Meeting
Opening Session
Plenary Session 0
Plenary Session 1
Parallel Session 1.2
Parallel Session 1.4
Plenary Session 2
Parallel Session 2.1
Parallel Session 2.2
Parallel Session 2.3
Parallel Session 2.5
Parallel Session 3.2
Investment on health service is essential especially on primary health care. If the countries have a right health financing, they will always ready for outbreak or pandemic situation. Each country could choose their own mode of financing, either blended financing which will be very useful or very risky. It still needs public private financing. Since public spending is growing, in the other side, private spending is growing rapidly in 10%. The combination of public and private financing should be agreeable. On demand and supply side, it needs to be streamlined and minimal co-payment.
Spending better financing could be achieved by using data for cost efficiency, utilizing digital technology to increase access to health care especially primary health care in remote area, changing the narrative in health seeking behavior, giving precise information and supported regulation, ensure that the poor could reach the effective cost and equity in health service. Some strategies for those could be fully subsidized in chronic diseases, fully subsidized in preventive care, or co-payment.
