Journal of Kerman University of Medical Sciences

Effective Coverage as a New Metric for Monitoring Progress towards Universal Health Coverage

Document Type : Letter to Editor

Authors

Roghieh Bayrami 1
Mahdi Yousefi 2
Hossein Ebrahimipour 2

1 Assistant Professor, Department of Midwifery, School of Nursing and Midwifery and Reproductive Health Research Center, Urmia University of Medical Sciences, Urmia, Iran

2 Associate Professor, Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran

  1. Ng M, Fullman N, Dieleman JL, Flaxman AD, Murray CJ, Lim SS. Effective coverage: a metric for monitoring Universal Health Coverage. PLoS Med 2014;11(9):e1001730.
  2. Shengelia B, Tandon A, Adams OB, Murray CJ. Access, utilization, quality, and effective coverage: an integrated conceptual framework and measurement strategy Soc Sci Med 2005;61(1):97-109.
  3. Colston J. The Use of Effective Coverage in the Evaluation of Maternal and Child Health Programs. Inter-American Development Bank; 2011.
  4. Lozano R, Soliz P, Gakidou E, Abbott-Klafter J, Feehan DM, Vidal C, et al. Benchmarking of performance of Mexican states with effective coverage. Lancet 2006;368(9548):1729-41.
Journal of Kerman University of Medical Sciences
Volume 25, Issue 2
March and April 2018
Pages 101-103

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