Last Updated on 06 Sep 2023

Better data on unmet healthcare need can strengthen global monitoring of universal health coverage.

Abstract

The World Health Assembly 2023 resolution provides an opportunity for WHO to review the availability of data on unmet need globally and develop recommendations for data collection and analysis that can feed into monitoring of UHC at global and national levels.4 For global monitoring and cross country comparability, a standard operational definition of unmet healthcare need and reasons for it should be developed. It should not be bound to a single health intervention or disease or to a specific access barrier such as cost. Measuring general unmet healthcare need is important so that unmet need experienced by people with conditions not captured by current UHC indicators or which occurs for reasons other than cost is not missed.

IHPP Code

ITJ562

Type

International Journal

Year

2023

Journal

BMJ 2023;382:e075476.

Author

Rosenberg M , Kowal P , Rahman MM , Okamoto S , Barber SL , Tangcharoensathien V

Correspondence

Rosenberg M.