Adam Wagstaff

@Sarah_Dlish @timdehnel @Sebast1antombs @LancetGH @TheLancet The US is at 7 on catastrophic expenditures. The Czech Republic is at 1. Most high-income countries fare better than the US, but some fare worse, e.g. Chile, Portugal and Greece.

@timdehnel @Sebast1antombs @LancetGH @TheLancet Catastrophic health expenditure ISN’T that high in the US? Seems counter intuitive..?

Today, Universal Health Coverage Day, we publish a new index that combines health service coverage with financial protection. How does your country fare? #UHCDay2019 #UHCDay #HealthForAll thelancet.com/journals/langl…

@timdehnel @Sebast1antombs @LancetGH @TheLancet The US is at 90 on service coverage, 7 on catastrophic expenditures, giving it a UHC index of 91. Austria’s numbers are 93, 2 and 96. Keep in mind the limited number of SC indicators, and that in Fig 2 – due to lack of data – we don’t adjust SC for inequality. Fig 4 does.

@Sebast1antombs @LancetGH @TheLancet I wondered this. It's because of the way UHC is defined. High service coverage masks % of people with catastrophic health expenditure (which isn't actually that high in the USA anyway) ⬇️

The theme of this year’s universal health day is “Keep the Promise”. How are countries doing in their efforts to achieve universal health coverage? New paper in @TheLancet looks at this question. #UHCDay2019 wrld.bg/d0Zz50xy2y0

The Health Equity and Financial Protection Indicators (HEFPI) sheds light on two major concerns in global health: 1) The poor do not get left behind in the rush to achieve global health goals; 2) Health services should be affordable. More info here: wrld.bg/n0Eu30mkv7K

Introducing the World Bank's 2018 Health Equity and Financial Protection Indicators database @WorldBank #HEFPI thelancet.com/journals/langl…

Just launched big global health dataset on health equity and financial protection. Over 1,600 HH surveys used. 51 indicators. 12,856 datapoints at pop. level. 194 countries. Dataset buff.ly/2Cwl1gO. Portal buff.ly/2Cwl1xk. WP buff.ly/2Cwl24m.

Impoverishment from out-of-pocket health expenses at $1.90-a-day poverty line only in low- & mid-income countries, according to @WorldBank and @WHO. But at a relative poverty line, also in high-income countries. #HealthforAll. #UHCForum. @LancetGH paper: buff.ly/2BpfIQa

1.4% of global population impoverished by out-of-pocket health expenses in 2010 at $1.90-a-day (extreme) poverty line according to @WorldBank and @WHO, with highest rate in Asia. #HealthforAll. #UHCForum. @LancetGH paper: buff.ly/2BsH0F0. Report: buff.ly/2Brn1XC

100 million people impoverished by out-of-pocket health expenses in 2010 at $1.90-a-day (extreme) poverty line according to @WorldBank and @WHO, down from 130 million in 2000. #HealthforAll. #UHCForum. @LancetGH paper: buff.ly/2AtrdlH. Report: buff.ly/2As5mek

12% of global population spent more than 10% of total expenditure on health in 2010 according to @WorldBank and @WHO. Highest rate in Latin America but down since 2005. #HealthforAll. #UHCForum. @LancetGH paper: buff.ly/2B4qNDw. Report: buff.ly/2B5wOjv

800 million people spent more than 10% of total expenditure on health in 2010 according to @WorldBank and @WHO, up from 590 million in 2000. #HealthforAll. #UHCForum. @LancetGH paper: buff.ly/2o9s7C7. Report: buff.ly/2o7Lvzr

New data on catastrophic and impoverishing out-of-pocket health expenses from @WorldBank and @WHO. #HealthforAll. #UHCForum. Data portal: buff.ly/2CputQk. Dataset: buff.ly/2Cn1b4S

Voting closes at 11:45 PM ET tomorrow night - don't forget to vote in the #iHEA board elections! twitter.com/healtheconomic…

Program to reduce childhood stunting yields a good rate of return. Blogpost buff.ly/2od2Upn and research buff.ly/2ocLbyr.

The economic cost to a country of stunting in childhood. Blogpost buff.ly/2ocPvxH and new research buff.ly/2ocXQkA.

Childhood stunting rates falling in most countries but not all and not always very quickly. New research out today. buff.ly/2olGIq7

Childhood stunting rates continue to shock. New research out today. buff.ly/2ocSt59

Financial incentives in health: supply- vs. demand-side. Pls help us identify studies for syst rev & meta-analysis. buff.ly/2gwuEx4

Health, #UHC and the #SDGs: Out of the doldrums, heading for the rapids! buff.ly/1Mm0P1l