Tracking progress on affordable access to health care in Europe and Central Asia
Affordable access to health care - financial protection - is at the heart of universal health coverage (UHC)
UHC means everyone can use quality health care without financial hardship
Explorers
Assess the current situation, monitor trends, compare countries
Indicator explorer
Over 50 indicators of financial hardship, unmet need for health care and spending on health
Policy explorer
Information on population coverage, service coverage, user charges and voluntary health insurance
Analysis
Country-level and comparative analysis of financial protection
The region at a glance
Compare financial protection indicators, identify gaps in coverage, explore good practice
Countries in context
Find out about the health system factors that strengthen and undermine financial protection at country level
How financial protection is monitored matters
A focus on equity
We measure financial hardship using an approach that accounts for people's capacity to pay for health care
Numbers and stories
UHC Watch identifies the factors that influence financial protection at country level, drawing on insights from comparative analysis
Actionable evidence
UHC Watch provides clear guidance for policy by identifying who lacks financial protection, driven by which health services and why



