01607nas a2200217   4500000000100000008004100001100001300042700001500055700001400070700001300084700001300097700001500110700001600125700001600141245010500157250001500262300001100277490000700288520104300295020005101338       2015                            d1 aHayen A.1 aWiseman V.1 aAsante A.1 aPrice J.1 aIrava W.1 aMartins J.1 aGuinness L.1 aJan Stephen00aTen best resources for conducting financing and benefit incidence analysis in resource-poor settings  a2014/09/27  a1503-80 v303 a<p>
Many low- and middle-income countries are seeking to reform their health financing systems to move towards universal coverage. This typically means that financing is based on people's ability to pay while, for service use, benefits are based on the need for health care. Financing incidence analysis (FIA) and benefit incidence analysis (BIA) are two popular tools used to assess equity in health systems financing and service use. FIA studies examine who pays for the health sector and how these contributions are distributed according to socioeconomic status (SES). BIA determines who benefits from health care spending, with recipients ranked by their relative SES. In this article, we identify 10 resources to assist researchers and policy makers seeking to undertake or interpret findings from financing and benefit incidence analyses in the health sector. The article pays particular attention to the data requirements, computations, methodological challenges and country level experiences with these types of analyses.
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