WHO expert mission on the implementation of the System of Health Accounts visited Azerbaijan
02 December 2022
- Increasing public expenditure on health care, the introduction of complex financing mechanisms, and the improvement of information on medical services require strengthening of monitoring of the main functions and components of health care at the national level.
On November 28-29, 2022, the WHO mission on the implementation of the System of Health Accounts (SHA) visited Azerbaijan. Within the mission, experts held meetings with the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Health, the State Agency on Mandatory Health Insurance, TABIB, the State Statistics Committee, and international partners. The participants were informed about the SHA tool of WHO, which supports the provision of health care costs, data, and international comparisons, and the possibilities of applying the SHA in Azerbaijan were discussed during the meeting.
On the second day of the mission, the experts informed participants about the implementation process of SHA, provision of information flow, and required time and resources. The reforms carried out in Azerbaijan's healthcare system in recent years, healthcare financing mechanisms, and the flow of healthcare costs were also discussed at the workshop.
SHA is used as an analytical tool to monitor and evaluate the performance of the healthcare system. In addition, tracking health expenditures based on the SHA methodology provides policymakers with richer information about the use of health services compared to traditional fiscal analysis.
WHO continues to provide technical support to Azerbaijan to study the country, conduct initial assessments, build local capacity and ensure the sustainability of the SHA process.
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