1. What does Universal
health coverage mean? 3 means that all people receive the health services THEY NEED
W/O SUFFERING FINANCIAL HARDSHIP when paying for
2. What are the three them
funda- mental concerns
that UHC addresses?
1) fairness of access to services, regardless of people's
ability to pay for them
2) services are quality
3) financial arrangements protect people from suttering
financial hardship
3. What services fall under uni- ESSENTIAL & QUALITY SERVICES:
versal health coverage? -health promotion
-treatment
-prevention
-rehab care
-palliative care
4. What are the three
dimen- sions of UHC?
-Who is covered
-what services are covered
5. What is the major push -what costs to the patient
for UHC?
-weak health systems in LMIC create obstacle for
6. What are two examples populations to reach essential and quality services
of high income countries -the need for improvements in national health
that have UHC?
7. How many people lack equity Germany and England
ac- cess to essential
health ser- vices?
400 million people
8.
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, Universal Health Coverage Study Guide Test.
How many people in devel- 6% of people are pushed further into poverty due to health
oping countries are put
at risk because of health care expenses
care spending?
9. Which SDG focuses on UHC? Goal 3: "achieve UHC, financial risk protection, access to
qual-
ity/essential health care, access to safe, ettective, quality, and
attordable medicines and vaccines"
10. What are 4 tracer
indicator to monitor the 1) reproductive, maternal, newborn, child health
coverage of essential 2) infectious diseases
services? 3) NCDs
4) service capacity and access
11. What are 4
considerations for 1) resources available to current and future finance
transitioning to UHC? system: taxes, payroll taxes, insurance premiums
2) existing health system infrastructure: insurance
schemes, providers, payment mechanisms,
coverage gaps
3) national burden of disease
4) political support: how much support does
government have? Oppositions?
12. What criteria should be used 1) What % of population is covered and has insurance
or access
to evaluate UHC in a coun- try?
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