This paper was prepared to support the Libyan Ministry of Health in designing and establishing its health economics unit. Over the past decade, Libya’s health system has been significantly and negatively impacted by the country’s conflict, and the Ministry of Health has not been able to execute key health financing and economics functions due to fiscal and governance challenges. As Libya is moving toward reconstruction and recovery, and with the backdrop of the impact of COVID-19, it is imperative to think through a systematic approach to inform evidence-based decision-making to inform the allocation of resources. This review presents and synthesizes experiences of the institutions that perform health economics functions in selected countries that can be of use for Libya and other countries that consider the option of establishing a health economics unit. More specifically, this review provides examples from different countries on (1) the mission, goals, and key functions of the institutions that perform health economics functions; (2) those institutions’ legal status and their form of organization; (3) what research and analysis they conduct; (4) with whom they need to collaborate; and (5) what international resources are available to them. Based on these examples, the paper proposes concrete next steps for strengthening health economics and financing capabilities in Libya.
Authors
Rakic, Severin, Hamza, Mariam M., Mathivet, Benoit, Duran, Denizhan, Alzarouq, Alzarouq Khaleefa
- Citation
- “ Rakic, Severin ; Hamza, Mariam M. ; Mathivet, Benoit ; Duran, Denizhan ; Alzarouq, Alzarouq Khaleefa . 2024 . Health Economics Institutions: A Review of Global Experience . © Washington, DC: World Bank . http://hdl.handle.net/10986/41691 License: CC BY-NC 3.0 IGO . ”
- Collection(s)
- Health, Nutrition and Population (HNP) Discussion Papers
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1596/41691
- Identifier externaldocumentum
- 34336411
- Identifier internaldocumentum
- 34336411
- Published in
- United States of America
- Region country
- Libya
- Report
- 190948
- Rights
- CC BY-NC 3.0 IGO
- Rights Holder
- World Bank
- Rights URI
- https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/igo
- UNIT
- HNP Global (HHNGE)
- URI
- https://hdl.handle.net/10986/41691
- date disclosure
- 2024-06-11
- region administrative
- Middle East and North Africa
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Table of Contents
- HEU global experience paper_vSubmitted May10.pdf -1
- Rights and Permissions 4
- AcknowledgmentS 7
- part I – INTRODUCTION 9
- part II – FINDINGS FROM THE REVIEW 13
- 2.1 Health Economics Functions 13
- 2.2 The Legal Status of Health Economics Institutions 15
- 2.3 Autonomy Level 16
- 2.4 Funding Sources 18
- part III – COUNTRY EXAMPLES 21
- 3.1 AFGHANISTAN: The Health Economics and Financing Directorate of the Ministry of Public Health 21
- 3.2 AUSTRALIA: The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 23
- 3.3 CANADA 25
- 3.3.1 The Canadian Centre for Health Economics 25
- 3.3.2 The Canadian Institute for Health Information 26
- 3.4 CHINA: The China National Health Development Research Center 28
- 3.5 FINLAND: The Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare 30
- 3.6 FRANCE: The Institute for Research and Information in Health Economics 32
- 3.7 JAPAN: The Institute for Health Economics and Policy 34
- 3.8 SAUDI ARABIA: The General Directorate of National Health Policies and Economics of the Saudi Health Council 35
- 3.9 SWEDEN 37
- 3.9.1 The Swedish Institute for Health Economics 37
- 3.9.2 The Swedish Agency for Health and Care Services Analysis 38
- 3.10 THAILAND 39
- 3.10.1 Health Intervention and Technology Assessment Program 40
- 3.10.2 Health Systems Research Institute 42
- 3.11 UNITED KINGDOM: The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence 44
- 3.12 CENTRAL ASIA: THE KYRGYZ REPUBLIC HEALTH POLICY ANALYSIS CENTER AND TAJIKISTAN HEALTH POLICY ANALYSIS UNITS 46
- part IV – CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE LIBYAN CONTEXT 48
- APPENDIX A: SELECTED INTERNATIONAL HEALTH ECONOMICs RESOURCES 53
- REFERENCES 55
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