How equitable is health spending on curative services and institutional delivery in Malawi? Evidence from a quasi-longitudinal benefit incidence analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Malawi is one of a handful of countries that had resisted the implementation of user fees, showing a commitment to providing free healthcare to its population even before the concept of Universal Health Coverage (UHC) acquired global popularity. Several evaluations have investigated the effects of key policies, such as the essential health package or performance-based financing, in sustaining and expanding access to quality health services in the country. Understanding the distributional impact of health spending over time due to these policies has received limited attention. Our study fills this knowledge gap by assessing the distributional incidence of public and overall health spending between 2004 and 2016.

Methods

We relied on a Benefit Incidence Analysis (BI

SUBMITTER: Rudasingwa M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8856874 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature