Universal Health Coverage: The Lancet Series
The issues surrounding universal health coverage ' how an adequate standard of health care can be provided to all people ' have never been more controversial or politically relevant than now. Globally, paying for medical expenses out of pocket is still the dominant method of meeting health care costs, and WHO estimates published in 2010 suggest that more than a billion people cannot use the health services they need, either because they are not available, or because they cannot afford to use them.
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