Universal Health Coverage, a priority or just a slogan?

Universal Health Coverage is defined as preventive, curative, rehabilitation, and rehabilition services which are available to all people in the community and can be accessed if needed. In this case, it can be relatively guaranteed that the use of these services will not burden them with financial problems.UHC can result in higher the level of health equity in populations. Nevertheless, UHC’s definition in any country is associated with its economic, social, political, and cultural status. The UHC cube, introduced by the WHO, has three axes; direct costs (proportion of the cost covered), services (services covered), and population (covered). All three axes should be promoted parallel, otherwise, disproportionate growth across axes can lead to reverse results and reduction of equity (۱,۲).Based on this approach, health insurance has been created in developing countries with the aim of strategic purchases of services and combining various types of insurance in recent years.The fact is that the cost of healthcare has risen sharply in current years, not only because of inflation or expensive medical technology and aging, but also because of the large businesses and capitalism that are expanding around the world with a global village approach (۳,۴).

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Health Coverage , priority