Measuring financial risk protection in health benefits packages: scoping review protocol to inform allocative efficiency studies.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

To progress towards Universal Health Coverage (UHC), countries will need to define a health benefits package of services free at the point of use. Financial risk protection is a core component of UHC and should therefore be considered a key dimension of health benefits packages. Allocative efficiency modelling tools can support national analytical capacity to inform an evidence-based selection of services, but none are currently able to estimate financial risk protection. A review of existing methods used to measure financial risk protection can facilitate their inclusion in modelling tools so that the latter can become more relevant to national decision making in light of UHC.

Methods and analysis

This protocol proposes to conduct a scoping review of existing m

SUBMITTER: Abou Jaoude GJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6549617 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature