Health financing
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Health financing

    Overview

    WHO/Europe works with Member States to improve the way in which they finance their health systems.

    We provide tailored technical assistance through policy dialogue and analytical work, supporting countries to develop policy, monitor progress and design reforms. We also carry out analytical work across the region and facilitate the sharing of international evidence and experience through the WHO Barcelona course on health financing.

    Monitoring financial protection to assess country and regional progress towards universal health coverage (UHC) is a key part of our work.

    Health financing and COVID-19
    Technical work

    Multimedia

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    2 July 2025

    Transforming health financing in Tajikistan A path to Universal Health Coverage UHC
    23 October 2024

    Can people afford to pay for health care - Brief overview
    23 October 2024

    Can people afford to pay for health care - Policy recommendations
    12 June 2024

    EUHPP Live Webinar: Can people afford to pay for health care?

    Our work

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    Achieving universal health coverage

    Publications

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    Financing rehabilitation services in Ukraine: a situation assessment and policy options
    10 September 2025

    Financing rehabilitation services in Ukraine: a situation assessment and policy options
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    Can people afford to pay for health care? New evidence on financial protection in Italy: summary
    5 September 2025

    Can people afford to pay for health care? New evidence on financial protection in Italy: summary

    This review assesses the extent to which people in Italy face financial barriers to access or experience financial hardship when they use health care....

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    Can people afford to pay for health care? New evidence on financial protection in Italy
    5 September 2025

    Can people afford to pay for health care? New evidence on financial protection in Italy

    This review is part of a series of country-based studies generating new evidence on affordable access to health care (‎financial protection)‎ in...

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    Documents

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    22 April 2024

    Info sheet: Financial protection in France

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    Scope and purpose - Reimagining an economy for resilient and healthier societies that leave no one behind - Venice, Italy, 9 April 2024
    5 April 2024

    Reimagining an economy for resilient and healthier societies that leave no one behind - Venice, Italy,...

    To mark its 20th anniversary as a centre of excellence in the WHO European Region, the WHO European Office for Investment for Health and Development (WHO...

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    20 February 2024

    Can people afford to pay for health care? New evidence on financial protection in Tajikistan: summary

    This summary report assesses the extent to which people in Tajikistan experience financial hardship when they use health services and pay out of pocket....

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    5 October 2023

    Automating and increasing protection from user charges for outpatient medicines: the Estonian experience

    The way in which user charges are designed and implemented affects financial protection – affordable access to health care. Simple changes can make...

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