Busse, ReinhardSchreyögg, JonasGericke, Christian2013-05-302013-05-302007-02https://hdl.handle.net/10986/13711This review is one in a series of analytic efforts designed to inform the policy debate related to health financing. The authors review evidence on health financing arrangements in high income countries as well as reforms over the last 30 years and to identify key policy lessons from this experience for low and middle income countries. Methodology: The review is based on a conceptual framework of health financing "functions". 25 high-income countries have been grouped for comparative evaluative purposes into three groups, based on the main mechanism of financing health care (social health insurance, taxes, private). Decisions on coverage and benefit entitlements as well as various functions of health care financing (i.e. collecting, pooling and purchasing) are described and analyzed.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOACCESS TO HEALTH CAREACCESS TO HEALTH SERVICESAGENTSAMBULANCE SERVICESAMBULATORY CAREBASIC HEALTH CAREBENEFICIARIESBLOOD GLUCOSECAPITATIONCHIROPRACTICCLINICAL CONDITIONCOINSURANCECOMPULSORY INSURANCECOST OF CARECOST SHARINGCOST-EFFECTIVENESSCOST-SHARING REQUIREMENTSDENTAL CAREDENTAL TREATMENTDIAGNOSISDOCTORSEAST EUROPEANEMERGENCY CAREEMPLOYMENTENROLLEESENTITLEMENTEXPANSION OF COVERAGEFEE SCHEDULESFEE-FOR-SERVICEFEE-FOR-SERVICE BASISFEE-FOR-SERVICE PAYMENTFEE-FOR-SERVICE PAYMENTSFINANCIAL INCENTIVESFINANCIAL RESOURCESFINANCIAL RISKFINANCING HEALTH CAREFREE CAREGENERAL PRACTITIONERSGROUP INSURANCEHEALTH AUTHORITIESHEALTH CAREHEALTH CARE DECISIONSHEALTH CARE EXPENDITUREHEALTH CARE FINANCINGHEALTH CARE MANAGEMENTHEALTH CARE PROVIDERSHEALTH CARE SERVICESHEALTH CARE SYSTEMHEALTH CARE SYSTEMSHEALTH COSTSHEALTH COVERAGEHEALTH EXPENDITUREHEALTH EXPENDITURESHEALTH FINANCINGHEALTH INSURANCE CONTRIBUTIONSHEALTH INSURANCE PLANSHEALTH INSURANCE PROGRAMHEALTH INSURANCE SCHEMESHEALTH INSURANCE SYSTEMHEALTH POLICYHEALTH PROMOTIONHEALTH SERVICESHEALTH SYSTEMHEALTH SYSTEMSHEALTH SYSTEMS RESEARCHHEARING AIDSHMOHOSPITAL CAREHOSPITAL SERVICESHOSPITALSHUMAN RIGHTSIN VITRO FERTILIZATIONINCOME COUNTRIESINFECTIOUS DISEASESINFORMAL PAYMENTSINSTITUTIONAL CAREINSURANCE FUNDSINSURANCE PLANSINSURANCE PREMIUMSINSURANCE SYSTEMSINSURERSMARKETINGMEDICAIDMEDICAL EXPENSESMEDICAL INSURANCEMEDICAL INSURANCE COVERAGEMEDICAL SAVINGS ACCOUNTSMEDICAL SERVICESMEDICAREMEDICINESMIGRANTSNATIONAL HEALTHNATIONAL HEALTH SERVICENONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONSNURSINGNUTRITIONOCCUPATIONAL THERAPYPACIFIC REGIONPATIENTPAYMENTS FOR HEALTH SERVICESPHARMACEUTICAL SERVICESPHYSICIANSPHYSIOTHERAPYPOCKET PAYMENTSPOLITICAL OPPORTUNISMPREGNANCYPREGNANT WOMENPRESCRIPTION DRUGSPRIMARY CAREPRIVATE FINANCE INITIATIVEPRIVATE FINANCINGPRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCEPRIVATE INSURANCEPROTECTION MECHANISMSPSYCHOLOGISTSPUBLIC HEALTHPUBLIC HEALTH INSURANCEPUBLIC HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGEPUBLIC HEALTH SYSTEMPUBLIC SCHEMESRADIOLOGYRESEARCH PROGRAMSRISK ADJUSTERSSAVINGSSCREENINGSICKNESS FUNDSSOCIAL HEALTH INSURANCESOCIAL SECURITYSURGERYTREATMENTSWORKERSWorld Bank10.1596/13711