Health Affairs, 26, no. 4 (2007): 920 doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.26.4.920 © 2007 by Project HOPE	New Online   Senate Health Reform Bill   Rewarding Providers   Public Option Policy Brief   Health Reform & Abortion   Delivery System Reform

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Health Care Financing Worldwide: An Overview

External assistance for health barely tops 1 percent of total health spending in three of the six regions that the World Bank classifies as low or middle income and is negligible in the world total—so why treat it prominently when discussing health financing? One reason is that as of 2004, aid accounted for 15 percent of health spending in sub-Saharan Africa, the poorest and sickest region. Even with such assistance, spending in Africa can’t buy an estimated basic package of care, and prospects for adequate funding are dim without still greater increases. This realization, together with increasing evidence of health’s . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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