Kuwait : Complete Profile - What is GIS - World Health Organization

Contents
F OREWORD............................................................................................................... 3
1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY........................................................................................ 5
2 SOCIO ECONOMIC G EOPOLITICAL MAPPING...................................................... 7
2.1 Socio-cultural Factors .................................................................................. 7
2.2 Economy .................................................................................................... 7
2.3 Geography and Climate ............................................................................... 9
2.4 Political/ Administrative Structure............................................................... 10
3 HEALTH STATUS AND DEMOGRAPHICS ............................................................. 12
3.1 Health Status Indicators ............................................................................ 12
3.2 Demography............................................................................................. 14
4 HEALTH S YSTEM ORGANIZATION .................................................................... 17
4.1 Brief History of the Health Care System ...................................................... 17
4.2 Public Health Care System ......................................................................... 17
4.3 Private Health Care System........................................................................ 21
4.4 Overall Health Care System ....................................................................... 22
5 GOVERNANCE/OVERSIGHT............................................................................... 25
5.1 Process of Policy, Planning and management.............................................. 25
5.2 Decentralization: Key characteristics of principal types ................................ 26
5.3 Health Information Systems....................................................................... 32
5.4 Health Systems Research........................................................................... 35
5.5 Accountability Mechanisms ........................................................................ 36
6 HEALTH CARE FINANCE AND EXPENDITURE..................................................... 37
6.1 Health Expenditure Data and Trends .......................................................... 37
6.2 Tax-based Financing ................................................................................. 39
6.3 Insurance ................................................................................................. 39
6.4 Out-of-Pocket Payments ............................................................................ 40
6.5 External Sources of Finance ....................................................................... 41
6.6 Provider Payment Mechanisms................................................................... 41
7 HUMAN RESOURCES ........................................................................................ 42
7.1 Human resources availability and creation .................................................. 42
7.2 Human resources policy and reforms over last 10 years............................... 44
7.3 Planned reforms........................................................................................ 45
8 HEALTH SERVICE DELIVERY.................................................................................... 48
8.1 Service Delivery Data for Health services .................................................... 48
8.2 Package of Services for Health Care ........................................................... 49
8.3 Primary Health Care .................................................................................. 50
8.4 Non personal Services: Preventive/Promotive Care...................................... 51
8.5 Secondary/Tertiary Care ............................................................................ 53
8.6 Long-Term Care........................................................................................ 55
8.7 Pharmaceuticals ........................................................................................ 55
8.8 Technology............................................................................................... 55
9 HEALTH SYSTEM REFORMS..................................................................................... 57
9.1 Summary of Recent and planned reforms ................................................... 57
10 ANNEXES........................................................................................................ 60
11 REFERENCES ..................................................................................................... 1