Unit 1

 

 

Unit title in the SHA, 2.0 ("New" publication)

 

1. PURPOSES AND PRINCIPLES OF THE SHA (Click on the title to see the Programme of work for this chapter).

 

Reference text of the SHA, 1.0 ("Old" publication)

 

Chapter 1.

 

See also chapters 1 and 3 in WHO, (2003), Guide to producing national health accounts.

 

Key issues affecting this unit

  • Review the health systems of  certain countries;
  • Describe the health system framework and building blocks;
  • Specify the models that could evolve from these different systems - in terms of institutions, main actors, funding flows, and interactions between them;
  • Use the above models to lead to the definitions of boundaries and classifications;
  • Look at which dimensions of health care will be used for what analytical use;
  • Discuss what needs to be taken care for the mapping between the current classification ICHA 1.0 and the revised ICHA 2.0 and the mapping between ICHA 2.0 and the relevant classification in SNA should be made clear.

Coordinating organisation

 

WHO

 

Unit status and available drafts

 

Invitation to submit input documents  on this unit issued on 7 March 2008.

Documents can be submitted to sha.contact@oecd.org by 30 June, 2008.

 

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