Provider perspectives on financing primary health care for universal health coverage

Abstract

Health is seen as complete physical, mental, and social wellbeing, with good quality primary health care (PHC) characterised as first-contact care that is comprehensive, continuous, and coordinated.1,2 Universal health coverage (UHC) must be linked to service delivery that is organised around people's needs, integrating public health with primary care and including the private sector. Unfortunately, many health systems, especially in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs), are still centralised and bureaucratic.