Building implementable packages for universal health coverage
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21879429 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Teri Reynolds (0000-0001-7103-9488, World Health Organization, corresponding author), Thomas Wilkinson (World Bank Group), Melanie Y Bertram (Health Systems Governance and Financing, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland), Melanie Bertram (0000-0002-7641-8943, World Health Organization), Matthew Jowett (World Health Organization), Rob Baltussen (0000-0002-8364-2847, Radboud University Nijmegen), Awad Mataria (0000-0001-5499-3667, World Health Organization Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean), Ferozuddin Feroz (0000-0003-3647-7372, Ministry of Public Health), Mohamed Jama (0000-0003-4594-1624, University of Somalia) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 8 |
| Issue | Suppl 1 |
| Pages | e010807 |
| Publication date | 2023-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | BMJ Global Health (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2059-7908 • E-ISSN: 2059-7908 |
| Publisher | BMJ (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1136/bmjgh-2022-010807 |
| PMID | 37197791 |
| OpenAlex | W4376958830 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 18 |
Since no country or health system can provide every possible health service to everyone who might benefit, the prioritisation of a defined subset of services for universal availability is intrinsic to universal health coverage (UHC). Creating a package of priority services for UHC, however, does not in itself benefit a population—packages have impact only through implementation. There are inherent tensions between the way services are formulated to facilitate criteria-driven prioritisation and the formulations that facilitate implementation, and service delivery considerations are rarely well incorporated into package development. Countries face substantial challenges bridging from a list of services in a package to the elements needed to get services to people. The failure to incorporate delivery considerations already at the prioritisation and design stage can result in packages that undermine the goals that countries have for service delivery. Based on a range of country experiences, we discuss specific choices about package structure and content and summarise some ideas on how to build more implementable packages of services for UHC, arguing that well-designed packages can support countries to bridge effectively from intent to implementation
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| Unique citing works | 6 |
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| Citations per year | 2 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2026 (4) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |