Merger of Statutory Health Insurance Funds: Korea Case Study

This case study describes the Democratic Republic of Congo’s strategy to streamline the financing and delivery of health services in the country. These efforts were motivated by the often fragmented, wasteful, and duplicative system that resulted from the lack of coordination of multilateral funding efforts. The case discusses how the DRC established a national coordination mechanism, promoted district plans with input from donors, and improved its national procurement system for medical supplies and services, resulting…

This case study describes Mexico’s Social Protection System in Health, including Seguro Popular, or People’s Health Insurance, which guarantees specific health services to all people not already covered under other insurance or social security programs. One component of Seguro Popular is a fund to protect against catastrophic health expenses related to specific interventions, medicines, and services. This case describes the impact of this fund, which has led to a drop in out-of-pocket expenditures as a…

This report from the World Bank Group documents how 24 developing countries have pursued universal health coverage, with a focus on expanding coverage to the poor. The countries included in the report are: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, China, Columbia, Costa Rica, Ethiopia, Georgia, Ghana, Guatemala, India, Indonesia, Jamaica, Kenya, Kyrgyz Republic, Mexico, Nigeria, Peru, Philippines, South Africa, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey and Vietnam. The authors documented and analyzed countries’ experiences based on a systematic data collection effort…