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Beyond legal coverage: Assessing the performance of social health protection

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  • Xenia Scheil‐Adlung
  • Florence Bonnet

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A frequently used indicator to measure social health protection performance is the extent of population coverage as stipulated in national legislation. However, this indicator does not provide meaningful information on performance in terms of effective access to benefits that are available, affordable and of acceptable quality, not least for the poor and workers in informal economies. This article proposes a new approach to measuring performance by applying a set of relevant indicators in an analytical framework for assessing the performance of social health protection. The approach allows policy‐makers to conclude from comparisons among groups of countries facing similar challenges. Preliminary results include comprehensive information on deficits that need to be addressed when striving for effective universal coverage. With further refinement, the suggested approach could become a standard assessment tool for measuring performance.

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  • Xenia Scheil‐Adlung & Florence Bonnet, 2011. "Beyond legal coverage: Assessing the performance of social health protection," International Social Security Review, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 64(3), pages 21-38, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:wly:intssr:v:64:y:2011:i:3:p:21-38
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-246X.2011.01400.x
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    1. Robert Kolesar & Sambo Pheakdey & Bart Jacobs & Narith Chan & Samedy Yok & Martine Audibert, 2019. "Expanding Social Health Protection in Cambodia: An assessment of the current coverage potential and gaps, and social equity considerations," Working Papers halshs-02018867, HAL.
    2. Bhardwaj, Ramesh, 2015. "Restraining High and Rising Cancer Drug Prices: Need for Accelerating R&D Productivity and Aligning Prices with Value," MPRA Paper 63405, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    3. Robert Kolesar & Sambo Pheakdey & Bart Jacobs & Narith Chan & Samedy Yok & Martine Audibert, 2019. "Expanding Social Health Protection in Cambodia: An assessment of the current coverage potential and gaps, and social equity considerations," CERDI Working papers halshs-02018867, HAL.
    4. Robert J. Kolesar & Sambo Pheakdey & Bart Jacobs & Narith Chan & Samedy Yok & Martine Audibert, 2020. "Expanding social health protection in Cambodia: An assessment of the current coverage potential and gaps, and social equity considerations," International Social Security Review, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 73(1), pages 35-63, January.

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