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"The health systems of Japan and the Asian Tigers--Hong Kong (China), the Republic of Korea, Singapore, and Taiwan (China)--and the recent reforms to them provide many potentially valuable lessons to East Asia's developing countries. All five systems have managed to keep a check on health spending despite their different approaches to financing and delivery. These differences are reflected in the progressivity of health finance, but the precise degree of progressivity of individual sources and the extent to which households are vulnerable to catastrophic health payments depend too on the design features of the system-the height of any ceilings on social insurance contributions, the fraction of health spending covered by the benefit package, the extent to which the poor face reduced copayments, whether there are caps on copayments, and so on. On the delivery side, too, Japan and the Tigers offer some interesting lessons. Singapore's experience with corporatizing public hospitals-rapid cost and price inflation, a race for the best technology, and so on-shows the difficulties of corporatization. Korea's experience with a narrow benefit package shows the danger of providers shifting demand from insured services with regulated prices to uninsured services with unregulated prices. Japan, in its approach to rate-setting for insured services, has managed to combine careful cost control with fine-tuning of profit margins on different types of care. Experiences with diagnosis-related groups in Korea and Taiwan (China) point to cost-savings but also to possible knock-on effects on service volume and total health spending. Korea and Taiwan (China) both offer important lessons for the separation of prescribing and dispensing, including the risks of compensation costs outweighing the cost savings caused by more "rational" prescribing, and cost-savings never being realized because of other concessions to providers, such as allowing them to have onsite pharmacists. "--World Bank web site.

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This publication by the World Health Organization focuses on integrating nutrition into health systems as part of universal health coverage (UHC). It outlines ambitious commitments and strategic actions for governments, stakeholders, and international partners to ensure that nutrition becomes a core component of health service delivery. The document emphasizes the need for equitable access to nutrition services, financial reforms to reduce out-of-pocket health expenses, and the integration of nutrition into health information systems. It aims to advance sustainable development by promoting healthy populations through improved nutrition. The book is intended for policymakers, healthcare professionals, and organizations involved in global health and nutrition advocacy.

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This report by the World Health Organization reviews the Joint External Evaluations (JEE) and National Action Plans for Health Security (NAPHS) in thirteen countries, focusing on the integration of health systems and health security from a systems perspective. The report identifies facilitators and barriers to enhancing the core capacities of the International Health Regulations (IHR) and evaluates the feasibility of data from JEE in strengthening health security linkages. It emphasizes the need for integrated governance and financing strategies to build resilient health systems capable of mitigating risks and maintaining essential services. The intended audience includes national and subnational health authorities and related development and humanitarian actors.

Health systems agencies. --- Public health.