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Health Economics and Finance Assignment

   

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Table of ContentsINTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................3CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................8REFERENCES................................................................................................................................9
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INTRODUCTIONIn lower and middle income countries , this is necessary to provide financial assistance toall people so that level of health can be improve (Outreville, 2015). The healthcare finance canbe defined as a process of accumulating and allocating the funds to cover health need of peoplein a health system. Basically , the aim of this essay is to finding challenges in assuring lowerincome people about taking financial assistance for health. As well as health financingalternatives are also discussed. MAIN BODYTopic - Healthcare financing in low and middle-income countries and achieving universalcoverage :In the low and middle income countries , there are always lack of resources includingfinancial and non financial resources. Due to this people face the issue of poor health system andother facility. As well as low income level countries face the problem of raising enough funds forhealthcare (Kuloglu and Topcu, 2016). In this essay , background of healthcare finance system inmiddle income countries and their priorities are mentioned. In addition , problem of eachfinancial function is also demonstrated. Basically , the middle-income countries are linked withworld level of economy and they have more resources as compare to low income countries. Inthese countries , poverty and ineffective distribution of funds are major issues. In some countrieslike Thailand (28 % of population) , Turkey (18 % of population) , Brazil (17 % of population)their people earn less then $ 2 in a day. This is the reason of poor health system in thesecountries because there are most of people do not have enough fund to acquire health services. Inthis situation , it is essential for the government of these countries that they should effectivelyengage in process of providing services regards to health improvement. On the other hand inmiddle income level countries , income level of people quite better then to low income countriesas well as in these countries government provides sufficient financial assistance to enhance thehealthcare services. Though , in some manners the middle-income countries are far behind fromupper level income countries because they do not have fair enough financial sources so that theirpopulation's need can be fulfilled in terms of health sector. Eventually , the middle incomecountries can be defined as those countries whose gross national income per capital is of $ 766 -
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