Session 3: Pooling of funds

At the end of the session, students will be able to:

1. Define fund pooling and how it relates to UHC
2. Describe the characteristics of  an effective risk pool

Reading resources:

1. World Health Organization. World Health Report 2000 Chap 5 – Who pays for health systems? Pooling and Purchasing. Geneva: World Health Organization, 2000. Available from: https://www.who.int/whr/2000/en/
2. Gottret P, Schieber G. Ch 3 – Risk pooling mechanisms. Health Financing Revisited. Washington DC: The international Bank for Reconstruction and Development/ World Bank, 2006: 73-121.
3. https://equityhealthj.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12939-019-1088-x
4. https://www.who.int/healthsystems/topics/financing/healthreport/FragmentationTBNo5.pdf?ua=1