Health care benefits package design to improve outcomes in resource-constrained settings: suggestions for Tajikistan.

ABSTRACT: The Tajik health system is characterized by improving health outcomes over the last 20 years, but also major inefficiencies in health care delivery and large difficulties for people to access affordable essential health care. The benefits package (BP) is a key tool for prioritizing state budget allocations toward health interventions that most effectively enhance health system performance. This article suggests directions for a new BP, which is envisioned in the currently ongoing reforms. Using a universal health coverage framework, the article examines how the public budget is prioritized in the current BP and investigates the main performance challenges addressed in the government's ongoing health reform efforts from a BP perspective. Criteria for a new BP are outlined, along with sugges

SUBMITTER: Wilkens J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12482916 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature