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Healthcare Finance

In: Health Care Management: Principles and Practice

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  • Syed Amin Tabish

    (Sher-i-Kashmir Inst. of Medical Sciences)

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Healthcare finance and economics involves the study of how financial resources are allocated within healthcare systems, the cost-effectiveness of healthcare services, and the economic factors influencing health outcomes. It encompasses budgeting, reimbursement processes, healthcare insurance, and the financial management of healthcare organizations. Understanding these principles is crucial for making informed decisions regarding resource allocation, improving efficiency, and ensuring the sustainability of healthcare systems. Health financing is a critical component of health systems that plays a pivotal role in achieving universal health coverage (UHC). Health financing aims to enhance financial protection by ensuring that people can access necessary health services without facing financial hardship. Well-designed health financing policies can improve service coverage and quality. Areas of Focus include: Health Financing Policy, Health Financing Diagnostics (assessing country progress in health financing), Health Expenditure Tracking (monitoring how funds are allocated and spent). Health financing is a core function of health systems that can enable progress towards universal health coverage by improving effective service coverage and financial protection. Health economics examines how economic behaviour impacts healthcare quality and cost. It encompasses payment mechanisms, system restructuring, and global health system improvement. Balancing the needs of patients and purchasers is a daily struggle for health care leaders and central to the success of any health care business. To achieve this, clinical, research, operational, and financial leaders need a shared understanding of the true drivers of health care spending, the policies that shape and define the sector, and how financial incentives impact both patient and provider behaviour. Strengthening the health system through the implementation of health standards can be one method to significantly improve in performance and quality of health care services. Cost-effectiveness is extremely important to achieve the objectives of fiscal sustainability and access to quality health care for all citizens.

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  • Syed Amin Tabish, 2024. "Healthcare Finance," Springer Books, in: Health Care Management: Principles and Practice, chapter 0, pages 99-120, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-981-97-3879-3_5
    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-97-3879-3_5
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