TY  - BOOK
AU  - El-Saharty,Sameh .
AU  - Ahmed,Syed Masud
AU  - Ahsan,Karar Zunaid
AU  - Barroy,Helene
AU  - El-Saharty,Sameh .
AU  - Sparkes,Susan Powers
TI  - The Path to Universal Health Coverage in Bangladesh : : Bridging the Gap of Human Resources for Health 
T2  - World Bank Studies
SN  - 9781464805370
PY  - 2015///
CY  - Washington, D.C.
PB  - The World Bank
KW  - Economic modeling
KW  - Governance
KW  - Health finance
KW  - Health policy
KW  - Health workforce
KW  - Health, Nutrition, and Population
KW  - Human resources
KW  - Labor scarcity
KW  - Public Sector Development
KW  - Universal Health Coverage
KW  - Worker retention
N2  - Bangladesh is committed to achieving universal health coverage (UHC) by 2032; to this end, the government of Bangladesh is exploring policy options to increase fiscal space for health and expand coverage while improving service quality and availability. Despite Bangladesh's impressive strides in improving its economic and social development outcomes, the government still confronts health financing and service delivery challenges. In its review of the health system, this study highlights the limited fiscal space for implementing UHC in Bangladesh, particularly given low public spending for health and high out-of-pocket expenditure. The crisis in the country's human resources for health (HRH) compounds public health service delivery inefficiencies. As the government explores options to finance its UHC plan, it must recognize that reform of its service delivery system with particular focus on HRH has to be the centerpiece of any policy initiative.
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