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Imprint varies: Washington, D.C., summer 1979-; Baltimore, Md., Title from cover ; Vols. for fall 1979- called v. 1, no. 2, etc.; vols. for 1992-1995 issued with four thematic numbers and a fifth called: Medicare and Medicaid statistical supplement; fifth issue of 1992 also called: Annual supplement ; Mode of access: Internet. ; Vols. for summer 1979-Dec. 1981 issued by the Health Care Financing Administration's: Office of Research, Demonstrations, and Statistics; Mar. 1982-winter 1996 by: Office of Research and Demonstrations; spring 1997- by: Office of Strategic Planning; summer 2001- by: U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Office of Strategic Planning; 200 - by: the Centers' Office of Research, Development, and Information ; Continued by: Medicare & medicaid research review, issued only online ; Supplemented by: Health care financing review. Annual supplement, 1988-1992; by: Health care financing review. Statistical supplement, 1995- ; Latest issue consulted: V. 25, no. 2 (winter 2003/2004) ; UCLA Library - CDL shared resource. ; UPD

Discussing international issues of health care financing, this is the first volume in a completely new public health book series, edited by the Institute of Health Economics (IHE) in Edmonton, Canada. Starting with various funding methods, the reference also features sections on different health care payment and purchasing mechanisms, as well as equity issues. Of interest to medical and allied health professionals, and those working in health care industries, insurance, and economics.

The article describes theoretical approaches to the choice of a hospital financing method. The paper discusses three ways of incorporating diagnosis-related groups in health care, i. e. in a prospective payment system which is widely spread abroad; within a pilot project on the single-channel financing of health care organizations in Russia; introducing diagnosis-related groups in St. Petersburg as a basis of health care organization costs recovery.

Dada a magnitude do problema de saúde nos países da América Latina e do Caribe, não é possível cobrir o déficit de recursos financeiros necessários para prover assistência médica através de aumentos nos preços, ou com a adoção de medidas como o pagamento por serviços ou a cobrança do custo dos serviços. Faz-se necessário recorrer à política fiscal. Foi mostrado que é possível aumentar os recursos disponíveis para assistência médica, tanto por meio do aumento na arrecadação de impostos, quanto pela tomada da decisão política de aumentar a parcela da receita do Governo, destinada a financiar a assistência médica. Foi revista a experiência dos Fundos de Emergência Social e das operações de troca de dívida por projetos na área de saúde como importantes fontes adicionais de recursos, especialmente para financiar o investimento. ; Dada la magnitud del problema de salud en los paises de America Latina y el Caribe, el déficit de recursos financieros necesarios para proveer atención médica no se puede cubrir a través de aumentos en los precios, o adoptando medidas como pago por servicio o cobro por los costos de los servicios. Es necesario recurrir a la política fiscal. Se demuestra que es posible aumentar los recursos disponibles para la atención médica, tanto por el aumento en la recaudación de impuestos, como por la toma de decisión política de aumentar los ingresos del gobierno destinados a financiar la atención médica. Se revisa la experiencia de los Fondos de Emergencia Social y de las operaciones de cambio de deuda por salud como importantes fuentes adicionales de recursos especialmente para financiar la inversión. ; Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) countries are experiencing both an economic crisis and a crisis in the public sector. As a result it is impossible to increase the amount of resources available to the health sector, unless there is a drastic restructuring of the way in which financing occurs. The measures so far referred to in the economic debate -user fees, cost recovery, privatization - at best represent partial solutions. Given the magnitude of health problem in LAC countries, they are unable to generate the amount of money needed to cover the deficit of financial resources for medical treatment. The central idea behind this article is that in order to cover the deficit of resources for medical treatment it is necessary to utilize fiscal resources. It is shown that it is possible to increase the amount of financial resources available for medical treatment either through increases in taxes and/or through an increase in the proportion of the government budget dedicated to medical treatment. Increases in taxes collected provide a feasible alternative. In some of the poor countries of Latin America and the Caribbean, the proportion of the Gross National Product that goes for the payment of taxes is well below the figure for that proportion found in developed countries. To increase the proportion of the government budget dedicated to medical treatment is a political decision that depends solely upon the discretion of the governments concerned. The potential of Social Emergency Funds and debt swaps to finance innovations in the production of medical treatment services, thus maintaining the current level to activity in the sector, is discussed.

Using individual-level data from the 2008 European Social Survey and country-level health care financing data we analyze the influence of private financing of health care on political trust in twenty-five European countries. Net of known predictors of trust at the individual and country level, we find that trust in government is significantly lower where the health system is financed to a greater degree by private sources. This negative relationship occurs because in countries with more private financing, low-income citizens perceive themselves to be at greater risk for not receiving needed health care. This perception of risk is associated with more negative evaluations of the performance of the health care system, which in turn is associated with less trust in government. When states do less to ensure the basic health care needs of members of society who are at greatest risk, these citizens may come to place less trust in government institutions. Hence, the increasing pressure on European governments to privatize the financing of health care in the wake of the financial crisis that is also characterized by growing income inequality threatens to make citizens trust government less. At the same time, implementation of the Affordable Care Act could signal a renaissance for political trust in the United States, if a growing role in the health care system is accompanied by a redistribution of risk.

Relevance of the research topic. In the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, the health care financing system is an important tool for regulating social processes. Accordingly, the assessment of its institutional components, financial and economic risks in this area is an important condition for the formation and implementation of sound public policy in the field of health. Formulation of the problem. In the context of deteriorating trends in national economic development, important tasks are: substantiation of priority areas of state policy in the field of health care, in particular to strengthen the funding system in this area, ensuring an economically sound level of social standards. At the same time, the basis for the quality level of implementation of state policy in the field of health care is its coherence with the strategic directions of socio-economic development of the country in the short, medium and long term. Analysis of recent research and publications. The issue of formation and implementation of state policy in the field of health care, financing of health care is quite common in research. These are the works of foreign and domestic scientists: Barrow H., Bella P., Gupta S., Dali Eyu, Dzhigira I., Matnonnat J., Mainzyuk K., Sparkes S., Adamenko I., Lysyak L., Chugunova I. and others. Selection of unexplored parts of the general problem. The above issues are relevant in connection with the deteriorating trend of economic development, the pandemic COVID-19, which requires a number of specific tasks related to strengthening the health care financing system. Problem statement, research goals. The objectives of the study are: to reveal the role of the health care financing system in the regulation of socio-economic processes; substantiate the features of the system of financing the health care sector in modern conditions; to analyze and estimate health care expenditures of the State Budget of Ukraine. The purpose of the study is to reveal the directions of state policy on the development of the health care financing system. Method or methodology of the study. The article uses a set of research methods: a systematic approach, statistical analysis, structuring, synthesis, etc. Presentation of the main material (results of work). The role of the health care financing system in the regulation of socio-economic processes is revealed. The peculiarities of the system of financing the sphere of health care in modern conditions are substantiated. The analysis and assessment of health care expenditures of the State Budget of Ukraine was carried out. The directions of the state policy on the development of the system of financing the sphere of health care are substantiated. Field of application of results. The results of the study can be used in the process of forming and implementing public policy in the field of health care. Conclusions in accordance with the article. The validity of the implementation of state policy in the field of health care is an important condition for social development. In order to improve the quality of the health care financing system, at this stage, it is advisable to: take measures to reduce the risk of violation of the sustainability of the financial security system in the field of health care, which involves the modernization of system infrastructure. Stabilization of the level of financial support for health care involves improving budget policy in terms of planning budget expenditures for health care. An important condition for the formation of an effective state policy in the field of health care is to improve the interaction of public administration in terms of informatization of this area. Solving these problems will help create conditions for sustainable social development, the introduction of modern financial tools in the field of health.