In Timor-Leste large disparities exist in the use of maternal and child health services between the rich and the poor, and between Dili and other districts, with difficulties in travel being the main impediment to access for healthcare.
In Lao PDR, travel and cost of care are the most significant barriers for the use of healthcare services. Although out-of- pocket spending on healthcare is low, it reflects a very low use of healthcare services.
The overall healthcare use in Pakistan is low due to a low responsiveness to illness symptoms. Increasing health awareness and changing health behaviors would be a key part of improving overall health outcomes.
The government of Cambodia has recognized the negative impact of financial barriers on access to healthcare and has tested several approaches to lowering those barriers, including user fee exemptions and health equity funds.
This publication presents revised estimates of health spending in Sri Lanka for 1990–2008 that comply with the System of Health Accounts (SHA) which is the global standard for reporting health expenditures published by the OECD.
This publication presents our first major update of health accounts statistics for Sri Lanka since the original Sri Lanka National Health Accounts Report published in 2003 that complies with the System of Health Accounts (SHA) which is the global standard for reporting health expenditures published by the OECD.
The Sri Lanka case of the World Bank study was carried out by the Institute for Health Policy, and published together with the other country cases in “Good Practices in Health Financing: Lessons from reforms in low- and middle-income countries”.
Project report describing the results of the IHP anaysis of social disparities in MNCH outcomes in several WHO SEAR regional countries, and and the analysis of their determinants.
Health Economics paper presenting the analysis of out-of-pocket spending in Asian countries by the Equitap project, and estimates of the extent of catastrophic impacts.
Sri Lanka has one of the fastest aging populations in the world. This study develops an actuarial cost projection model to forecast future health spending.
