Kyrgyz Republic Public Expenditure Review Policy Notes : Health
Over the past two decades the Kyrgyz Republic implemented important health financing and organization reforms. Compared to other former Soviet republics and other low-income countries, the Kyrgyz Republic shows good results in term of health outcom...
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Language: | English en_US |
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Washington, DC
2014
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Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/05/19712226/kyrgyz-republic-public-expenditure-review-policy-notes-health http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19313 |
Summary: | Over the past two decades the Kyrgyz
Republic implemented important health financing and
organization reforms. Compared to other former Soviet
republics and other low-income countries, the Kyrgyz
Republic shows good results in term of health outcomes,
access to health services, and financial protection. Life
expectancy exceeds that of several of the most prosperous
former Soviet republics, including Russia. Infant and
under-5 mortality rates were halved between 1990 and 2010.
More than 98 percent of births are attended by skilled
health staff and children immunization rates exceed 90
percent. Utilization of both hospital and outpatient health
services are quite equal across income groups. Overall
distribution of public health spending is slightly pro-poor.
The Kyrgyz health system shows low incidence of catastrophic
and impoverishing out-of pocket spending for health care. |
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