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Estimating Universal Health coverage. Dr. N. Devadasan, Institute of Public Health, Bangalore, India. UHC. Universal health coverage ? Universal health care ?.
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Estimating Universal Health coverage Dr. N. Devadasan, Institute of Public Health, Bangalore, India
UHC • Universal health coverage ? • Universal health care ? Ensuring that ALL people can use the health services they need of sufficient quality to be effective, while also ensuring that the use of services do not expose the use to financial hardship Presentation at NHSRC
Coverage Presentation at NHSRC
Why estimate? • UHC is about moving from point A to point B • We need to know where we are currently • Point B is usually 100% coverage • We need to develop the strategy to reach Point B Presentation at NHSRC
WHR 2010 Presentation at NHSRC
What to estimate • Financial • Population • Services • Quantitative • Qualitative Presentation at NHSRC
Indicators for financial coverage Presentation at NHSRC
Examples … Presentation at NHSRC
Examples … Presentation at NHSRC
Population coverage Presentation at NHSRC
Examples Presentation at NHSRC
Indicators for service coverage Ideally one needs to define the essential health package Presentation at NHSRC
Indicators for service coverage … • ILO’s access deficit method • MDG countdown method • SARA method • Composite coverage index Presentation at NHSRC
Indicators for service coverage - Quantitative Presentation at NHSRC
Indicators for service coverage - Quantitative Presentation at NHSRC
Indicators for service coverage – Quality of care Presentation at NHSRC
Service coverage: Examples … Presentation at NHSRC Annual health survey 2012. X state
Service coverage: Examples.. Presentation at NHSRC DLHS, NSSO 60th Round, RNTCP 2012. India
What to do • All indicators? • A single composite indicator? • A mixture? Presentation at NHSRC
Services + Population Presentation at NHSRC
Services + OOP Presentation at NHSRC
Financial coverage Presentation at NHSRC
Financial coverage CURRENT STATUS Service coverage Population coverage Presentation at NHSRC
Limitations • Agreement on package • Agreement on indicators • Availability of disaggregated data • Validation of this tool Presentation at NHSRC
Disclaimer • Please note that this is a work in progress • Suggestions and criticisms are welcome Presentation at NHSRC
Thank you Dr. N. Devadasan, MBBS, MPH, PhD Institute of Public Health, Bangalore