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Health Systems Profile- UAE Regional Health Systems Observatory- EMRO
Contents
F OREWORD............................................................................................................... 3
1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY........................................................................................ 5
2 SOCIO ECONOMIC G EOPOLITICAL MAPPING...................................................... 8
2.1 Socio-cultural Factors................................................................................................... 8
2.2 Economy......................................................................................................................... 9
2.3 Geography and Climate ............................................................................................. 10
2.4 Political/ Administrative Structure ............................................................................ 11
3 HEALTH STATUS AND DEMOGRAPHICS ............................................................. 12
3.1 Health Status Indicators ............................................................................................ 12
3.2 Demography ................................................................................................................ 15
4 HEALTH S YSTEM ORGANIZATION .................................................................... 18
4.1 Brief History of the Health Care System ................................................................. 18
4.2 Public Health Care System ........................................................................................ 19
4.3 Private Health Care System....................................................................................... 21
4.4 Overall Health Care System ...................................................................................... 22
5 GOVERNANCE/OVERSIGHT............................................................................... 24
5.1 Process of Policy, Planning and management........................................................ 24
5.2 Decentralization: Key characteristics of principal types........................................ 25
5.3 Health Information Systems ..................................................................................... 26
5.4 Health Systems Research .......................................................................................... 26
5.5 Accountability Mechanisms........................................................................................ 26
6 HEALTH CARE FINANCE AND EXPENDITURE..................................................... 27
6.1 Health Expenditure Data and Trends ...................................................................... 27
6.2 Tax-based Financing .................................................................................................. 28
6.3 Insurance ..................................................................................................................... 29
6.4 Out-of-Pocket Payments............................................................................................ 32
6.5 External Sources of Finance...................................................................................... 32
6.6 Provider Payment Mechanisms................................................................................. 32
7 HUMAN RESOURCES ........................................................................................ 34
7.1 Human resources availability and creation ............................................................. 34
7.2 Human resources policy and reforms over last 10 years...................................... 35
8 HEALTH SERVICE DELIVERY.................................................................................... 36
8.1 Service Delivery Data for Health services ............................................................... 36
8.2 Package of Services for Health Care........................................................................ 37
8.3 Primary Health Care ................................................................................................... 37
8.4 Non personal Services: Preventive/Promotive Care .............................................. 39
8.5 Secondary/Tertiary Care............................................................................................ 44
8.6 Long-Term Care .......................................................................................................... 44
8.7 Pharmaceuticals .......................................................................................................... 44
8.8 Technology .................................................................................................................. 45
9 HEALTH SYSTEM REFORMS..................................................................................... 47
9.1 Summary of Recent and planned reforms .............................................................. 47
10 REFERENCES ................................................................................................... 48
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