Examine health financing for health systems’ goals in Australia and Singapore

Topic: Examine health financing for health systems’ goals in Australia and Singapore

Main body

-Brief historical development of health care financing for the selected country.

-Analysis of national health accounts data for the selected country, from the link

https://apps.who.int/nha/database/ViewData/Indicators/en or data from the OECD countries https://

stats.oecd.org/Index.aspx?ThemeTreeId=9, using a range of years to identify a trend (e.g. 2012-2018).

The analyse should take account of health financing indicators such as total current expenditure on

health as a percentage of gross domestic product, current expenditure on health by general

government and compulsory schemes as a percentage of current expenditure on health, out-of-pocket payment for health as a percentage of current expenditure on health, externally sourced funding as a percentage of current expenditure on health, total capital expenditure on health as a percentage of current + capital expenditure on health, headcount ratio of catastrophic health expenditure, headcount ratio of impoverishing health expenditure (use any 3 of the indicators). Note: Tables or figures could be used to illustrate.

-Using the same indicators, compare and contrast the performance of the selected country to any two

countries of choice. Note: Tables or figures could be used to illustrate.

-Using the framework, critically discuss the health financing health policy or program of the selected

country. The discussion should focus on revenue collection, pooling of funds, and purchasing of

services, in reflection on the objectives of the health financing policy or program. Ultimately,

determine whether health system goals are achieved or not, following the sub-functions of revenue

collection, pooling of funds, and purchasing of services. Health system goals include health gain, equity in

health, financial protection, equity of finance, and responsiveness.

APA referencing 7th style