Financial Manual for Health Equity Fund 2018

Financial Manual For Health Equity Fund: The Health Equity Fund (HEF) is a social health protection program in Cambodia that provides free access to public health services for the poor. The HEF is intended to improve health outcomes and reduce catastrophic health costs for low-income households.

The HEF is a funding mechanism that allows vulnerable populations to access health services.

The HEF is administered by a third-party payer that buys health care for the poor from a health care provider.

The HEF provides free access to essential health care in public health facilities.

HEF benefits:

The HEF has been associated with improved access to public health services.

The HEF has been associated with lower catastrophic health expenditures.

The HEF has been associated with increased use of health services by the poor.

The HEF has helped mitigate the effects of infectious disease epidemics and malnutrition.

Cambodia: Guidelines for the Benefit Package and Provider Payment of the Health Equity Fund

Health equity fund (HEF) is a social health protection scheme aimed at enabling access to essential health care among the poor for free of charge in public health facilities in Cambodia. The guidelines describe the standard benefit packages and provider payments for services covered by the HEF. The guidelines aim to enhance efficiency and quality of services provided to HEF beneficiaries. The document covers details of targeted population, benefit packages, provider payments and the linkages of quality of care, general and specific service packages (e.g., tuberculosis, HIV and sexual transmission diseases, noncommunicable diseases)