Defining a Health Benefits Package: What Are the Necessary Processes?
File(s)
Author(s)
Glassman, A
Giedion, U
Sakuma, Y
Smith, PC
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
There is immense interest worldwide in the notion of universal health coverage (UHC). A major policy focus in moving toward UHC has been on the key policy question: what services should be made available and under what conditions? In this article we are concerned with how a feasible set of UHC services can be explicitly defined to create what is commonly known as a “health benefits package” (HBP), a set of services that can be feasibly financed and provided under the actual circumstances in which a given country finds itself. We explain why an explicit statement of the HBP is important and then describe a framework that includes ten core elements that are indispensable if a coherent and sustainable process for setting the HBP is to be established.
Date Issued
2016-01-21
Date Acceptance
2015-11-20
Citation
Health Systems and Reform, 2016, 2 (1), pp.31-50
ISSN
2328-8604
Publisher
Taylor & Francis
Start Page
31
End Page
50
Journal / Book Title
Health Systems and Reform
Volume
2
Issue
1
Copyright Statement
Amanda Glassman, Ursula Giedion, Yuna Sakuma, and Peter C. Smith. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative
Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.
org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/), which permits unrestricted non-commercial use,
distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is
properly cited. The moral rights of the named author(s) have been asserted.
Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.
org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/), which permits unrestricted non-commercial use,
distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is
properly cited. The moral rights of the named author(s) have been asserted.
License URL
Publication Status
Published