Could the employment-based targeting approach serve Egypt in moving towards a social health insurance model?
EMHJ-Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal. 2010; 16 (6): 663-670
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ABSTRACT
The current health insurance system in Egypt targets the productive population through an employment-based scheme bounded by a cost ceiling and focusing on curative care. Egypt Social Contract Survey data from 2005 were used to evaluate the impact of the employment-based scheme on health system accessibility and financing. Only 22.8% of the population in the productive age range [19-59 years] benefited from any health insurance scheme. The employment-based scheme covered 39.3% of the working population and was skewed towards urban areas, older people, females and the wealthier. It did not increase service utilization, but reduced out-of-pocket expenditure. Egypt should blend all health insurance schemes and adopt an innovative approach to reach universal coverage
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IMEMR (Mediterraneo Oriental)
Asunto principal:
Planes de Asistencia Médica para Empleados
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Servicios de Salud
Límite:
Adulto
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Femenino
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Humanos
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Masculino
Idioma:
Inglés
Revista:
East Mediterr Health J.
Año:
2010
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