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Best Practices in Achieving Universal Health Coverage: A Scoping Review
Jalil Koohpayehzadeh1, Saber Azami-Aghdash2, Naser Derakhshani3
1Preventive Medicine and Public Health Research Center, Psychosocial Health Research Institute, Community and Family Medicine Department, School of Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Medical Journal of the Islamic Republic of Iran
|August 31, 2022
Summary
Learning from successful global interventions can help countries achieve Universal Health Coverage (UHC). This scoping review identifies key financial protection, service, population coverage, and quality improvements that advance UHC goals.
Area of Science:
- Global Health Policy
- Health Systems Research
- International Health Interventions
Background:
- Universal Health Coverage (UHC) is a critical global health policy.
- Learning from successful international UHC implementation is essential for policy development.
- This study reviews global best practices in achieving UHC.
Purpose of the Study:
- To conduct a scoping review of successful global interventions and practices for achieving Universal Health Coverage (UHC).
- To identify and categorize key interventions across financial protection, service coverage, population coverage, and quality.
Main Methods:
- A scoping review utilizing the Arkesy and O'Malley framework.
- Comprehensive literature search across multiple databases (Embase, PubMed, Cochrane Library, Scopus, SID, MagIran) from 2000-2019.
- Framework Analysis applied to synthesize findings from 57 included studies.
Main Results:
- 40 countries, predominantly in Asia, demonstrated successful UHC interventions.
- Key intervention areas included financial protection (40), population coverage (36), service coverage (31), and quality (18).
- Positive outcomes were observed in financial protection (14), population coverage (9), service coverage (7), and quality (7).
Conclusions:
- This review offers a comprehensive overview of effective interventions for achieving UHC.
- Lessons learned from successful global interventions can inform national policy design.
- Policymakers can leverage these insights to develop targeted and effective UHC strategies.
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