Comparative Analysis of Health Financing Indicators in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic

Abstract

This paper describes healthcare financing in the Republic of Kazakhstan and provides a comparative analysis of healthcare financing among the group of countries in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. It is part of a series of articles on healthcare financing and mandatory social health insurance implementation in the Republic of Kazakhstan.

This paper aims to study and compare the financial performance of health systems among a group of WHO member states with similar levels of economic development.

Methods of work – Global healthcare expenditure database analysis.

Conclusions. Overall, the country's indicators demonstrate the effectiveness of the response to the pandemic compared to the group.