Evaluating the efficiency of health financing for Universal Health Coverage in LMIC. Case study of Kenya

长期以来，中低收入国家缺乏普遍获得高质量医疗保健的机会一直被归咎于资源匮乏。然而，越来越多的证据表明，尽管资源水平很高，但如果现有资源实际上没有得到有效利用，实现普遍覆盖的努力仍然是徒劳的。发展中国家的卫生系统报告的低效率仍然最高，而卫生系统发达的发达国家报告的效率得分很高。因此，效率可能是中低收入国家卫生系统在全民健康覆盖方面取得重大进展所缺失的环节。

The lack of universal access to quality healthcare in LMICs has long been attributed to scarcity of resources. However, evidence increasingly suggest that despite the level of resources, efforts to attain universal coverage would remain futile if the available resources are not in fact utilized efficiently. Health systems in developing countries continue to report the highest inefficiencies, while advanced countries with developed health systems report high efficiency scores. Efficiency, therefore, could be the missing link for health systems in LMICs to making significant progress with UHC.