Data Linkage Between Health and Non-health Agencies for Population Targeting
February 13, 2022
Narrative Summaries on Public Expenditure for Health
December 6, 2021
The DRM collaborative created narrative summaries to help Ministry of Health policymakers effectively analyze and present evidence-based arguments for investment in health to their Ministry of Finance counterparts using their own budget data and supplemented with global resources. The concise analyses explore how trends in data are related to within-country policy dialogue and/or health financing reforms. Each narrative summary shares a country experience and demonstrates how countries can use historical evidence for policy dialogue. Paired with any of the additional DRM collaborative products such as the Making the Case for Health: A Messaging Guide for Domestic Resource Mobilization or other Policy Dialogue Toolkit resources (accessible to myJLN users), narrative summaries can be used by policymakers in Ministries of Health to engage in policy dialogue with their counterparts in their respective Ministries of Finance. Several DRM collaborative member countries (and also some non-member countries using DRM collaborative knowledge products) are in the process of compiling their historical budgetary data and putting it together as a narrative summary in a standardized format. Narrative summaries will be available here for download as and when completed and made available by countries. Co-produced by country members and the World Bank technical team, narrative summaries are useful for policymakers who are seeking to identify and understand historical health financing trends in their country budgetary data. Country members interested in developing a narrative summary for their country are requested to contact [email protected]. Narrative Summary on Public Expenditure for Health in Armenia Narrative Summary on Public Expenditure for Health: Ministry of Health & Family Welfare Budgetary Spending in Bangladesh Narrative Summary on Public Expenditure for Health in Cambodia Narrative Summary on Public Expenditure for Health: Central Government Budgetary Spending in Indonesia Narrative Summary on Public Expenditure for Health in Laos Narrative Summary on Public Expenditure for Health in Nepal Narrative Summary on Public Expenditure for Health in Pakistan Narrative Summary on Public Expenditure for Health in Vietnam Narrative Summary on Public Expenditure for Health in Ghana
Requirements for National Health Insurance Information Systems
November 12, 2021
This document provides an introduction to the development and use of system requirements, that countries can use as a starting point to define, design, and implement information systems to support health insurance programs.
Medical Audits in India
September 8, 2021
India drew on its participation in the JLN’s Medical Audits Collaborative and adaptation of the Medical Audit Toolkit to implement a medical audit system that could be decentralized and scaled by India’s states to review claims, identify fraud, and ensure the quality of health services being provided to patients.
Provider Payment Mechanisms (PPM) Podcast: The Who, What and How of Paying for Health Services for Universal Health Coverage
June 25, 2021
Welcome to the Provider Payment Mechanisms (PPM) Podcast: The Who, What and How of Paying for Health Services for Universal Health Coverage The Joint Learning Network for Universal Health Coverage (JLN) Provider Payment Mechanism (PPM) Technical Initiative constitutes technical experts, policymakers and implementers across twenty countries, developing practical solutions and distilling best practices for PPM reform to support the achievement of universal health coverage (UHC). In 2019, the JLN PPM Technical Initiative developed a podcast miniseries as a joint learning modality to create an accessible learning tool that captures country insights and experiences in the voices of implementers. Season One described the core building blocks of strong provider payment – improving benefit packages, costing to improve the design of provider payment, and utilizing provider payment to achieve health system goals. To continue our goal of developing knowledge products to support the attainment of UHC, the PPM Technical Initiative created Season Two which captures the voices of implementers from seven countries – Egypt, Ethiopia, Liberia, Malaysia, Liberia, Moldova, Mongolia and the Philippines. Implementers from these countries share their experience implementing provider payment reforms, solutions to common roadblocks and obstacles, and improving strategic purchasing in their journey to achieve UHC. Season Two aims to amplify the building blocks established by Season One. Countries build upon this foundation and delve deeper into i) strategic purchasing as a lever for UHC, ii) utilizing data systems to make strategic purchasing decisions, and iii) incentivizing providers to provide quality health services. The conversations that make up Season Two represent the experiences of seven countries as well as synthesized learnings from technical experts. The series will be launched on July 7th and we hope that you will tune in! Use this link to register for the webinar launch on July 7th 12.30p.m. GMT. Opening Episode Season Two kicks off with our country facilitators, Dr. Kamaliah Noh and Tsolmon Tsilaajav, reflecting on using Podcasts as an accessible and dynamic tool for sharing implementation experience in Season One. Dr. Kamaliah and Tsolmon discuss the elements of strategic purchasing covered in Season One and introduce the three topics that will be covered in Season Two: strategic purchasing reforms as a lever for universal health coverage, using data analytics to support strategic purchasing decisions, and incentivizing providers to provide quality services to the covered population. This episode will be launched on July 7th and we hope that you will tune in! Use this link to access the opening episode.