Monitoring intervention coverage in the context of universal health coverage.

ABSTRACT: Monitoring universal health coverage (UHC) focuses on information on health intervention coverage and financial protection. This paper addresses monitoring intervention coverage, related to the full spectrum of UHC, including health promotion and disease prevention, treatment, rehabilitation, and palliation. A comprehensive core set of indicators most relevant to the country situation should be monitored on a regular basis as part of health progress and systems performance assessment for all countries. UHC monitoring should be embedded in a broad results framework for the country health system, but focus on indicators related to the coverage of interventions that most directly reflect the results of UHC investments and strategies in each country. A set of tracer coverage indicators can be

SUBMITTER: Boerma T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4171108 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature