Starting in the late 1980s, many Latin American countries began social sector reforms to
alleviate poverty, reduce socioeconomic inequalities, improve health outcomes, and provide …

We present a new concept, Punt Politics, and apply it to the COVID-19 non-pharmaceutical
interventions (NPI) in two epicenters of the pandemic: Mexico and Brazil. Punt Politics refers …

Background: There is high reliance on out-of-pocket (OOP) health payments as a means of
financing health system in Nigeria. OOP health payments can make households face …

Background The goal of universal health coverage (UHC) requires that families who get
needed health care do not suffer financial hardship as a result. This can be measured by …

OBJECTIVE: To assess the degree to which the Chinese people are protected from
catastrophic household expenditure and impoverishment from medical expenses and to …

Population demand, healthcare resourcing, and transportation linkage are considered as
major determinants of spatial access to health care. Temporal changes of the 3 determinants …

In 2003, China launched a heavily subsidized voluntary health insurance program for rural
residents. We combine differences-in-differences with matching methods to obtain impact …

Mexico is reaching universal health coverage in 2012. A national health insurance
programme called Seguro Popular, introduced in 2003, is providing access to a package of …

Background Low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs) have difficulties achieving
universal financial protection, which is primordial for universal health coverage. A promising …

Financial risk protection is a key component of universal health coverage (UHC), which is
defined as access to all needed quality health services without financial hardship. As part of …