Abstract:

The evaluation of the performances of the health financing systems and of the financial protection, and also the productivity of the health system are conditioned by the financing of the investments in health and the pursuit of the allocation of the financial resources for the health. The financing of a health system refers to the way in which the necessary funds for the activity in the health sector are collected, as well as to the way in which these funds are allocated and then used. The type of financing chosen, combined with the type of organization of the healthcare system, determines who has access to health care, the cost of these care, the productive efficiency and last but not least the quality of the services offered. All these intermediate results, in turn, determine the final results of any health system: the health status of the population, the financial protection against the risks and last but not least the degree of satisfaction of the consumers of services.