
Can reductions in informal payments be sustained?: Evidence from Kyrgyzstan, 2001–2013 / Jakab, Melitta;Akkazieva, Baktygul;Kutzin, Joseph
Tác giả : Jakab, Melitta;Akkazieva, Baktygul;Kutzin, Joseph
Nhà xuất bản : World Health Organization. Regional Office for Europe
Năm xuất bản : 2016
Chủ đề : 1. Financing, Personal. 2. Health Care Reform. 3. Health Expenditures. 4. Kyrgyzstan. 5. Universal Health Insurance. 6. Technical documents.
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Tóm tắt : | 48 p. Kyrgyzstan demonstrated impressive results in reducing informal payments in its health system between 2001 and 2006, particularly for medicines, medical supplies and food. This was achieved by introducing reforms to reduce inefficiencies in the health system, by strengthening primary health care, restructuring the hospital network and channelling the savings to medicines and supplies. The health financing reforms facilitated this transformation of service delivery by introducing a single-payer system, with progressive centralization of funds, pooling and introduction of population and output-based provider payment mechanisms. The findings demonstrate that policies matter and that the right mix of policies can contribute to reducing informal payments. Our results also show, however, that Kyrgyzstan could not sustain these gains in the longer run, as informal payments began to increase again after 2006, offsetting previous gains. This reversal was driven to a great extent by informal payments to medical personnel, despite a sizeable salary increase introduced in 2011, and to a lesser extent by informal payments for medicines and supplies. A number of factors contributed to the reversal of the positive trends in informal payments after 2006, including the overextended State-guaranteed benefit package, the low salaries and poor working conditions of health workers, outdated purchasing mechanisms that fuel hospitalizations, rigidity in public finance, remaining inefficiency in service delivery, inefficient public procurement of medicines and supplies and the absence of provider performance monitoring. The persistence of informal payments remains a problem because they continue to impose an unpredictable financial burden on patients and undermine the credibility of the State-guaranteed benefit package. There is no magic bullet for further reducing informal payments in the Kyrgyz health system. A comprehensive, multi-pronged approach that addresses the causes simultaneously could succeed if public funding is maintained at current levels. |
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