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Category: Policy Work

  • Customer Satisfaction Research Report on Corporate Health Insurance

    Customer Satisfaction Research on Corporate Health Insurance aims to explore satisfaction of corporate clients of insurance companies and develops recommendations for further polishing and improvement of corporate insurance services. The research revealed that there is a high share/percent of not insured employees in corporate insurance schemes. Financial accessibility is one of the most noteworthy barriers for joining the insurance scheme. Not all citizens having the will to use insurance have a guaranteed opportunity to get corporate insurance.

    The study was supported by International Health Budget Monitoring Initiative of the Open Society Institute. The research prepared by CIF experts Marine Egutia, Natia Rukhadze, Tamar Gotsadze looks at trends of insurance market, shares of insurance types and customer satisfaction. Georgian insurance market is young, though the rapid growth is apparent. Data prompted by the National Bank of Georgia proved 33 percent growth in 2009 compared with the year 2008. The Health insurance is the most popular and occupies 68.6 percent of market structure.

    The share of the insurance companies has increased since 2007 following the health financing reform launched by the Government of Georgia. The private insurance companies succeeded to attract substantial amount of state finances. Insurance of state program beneficiaries by insurance companies is being implemented in the framework of state assignments. According to 2008 year data, 18 percent of Georgian population is insured by the state. Along with this, there is a slow pace of corporate insurance development which is used by employees of public, private and non-governmental sectors. Retail insurance comprises 1 percent of market. 76 percent of the population is exposed to health risks. You can read the full version of the Report, Policy Brief, or Presentation.

  • Become Part of a New Insurance Culture!- Presentation

    The presentation describes dynamic of health insurance development in Georgia, parameters of insurance and insurance systems and different policy choices/options the country faces in Health Insurance Field. The presentation also describes state financed and co-financed health insurance  products. Author of the presentation: Devi Khechinashvili. Full version is available in English and in Georgian.

  • Opportunities for Change-Presentation

    The presentation describes the importance of the pharmaceutical sector, factors conditioned development of the draft Bill on Changes and Amendments to the Georgian Law on Drugs and Pharmaceutical Activities, which has been passed by the Parliament of Georgia 10th of August, 2009 and became effective from October 15, 2009. The presentation also describes key concepts, recommendations rendered to the Ministry of Labor, Health and Social Affairs in 2007, including the information on which recommendations accepted and which of them ignored by the Ministry; The presentation also provides recommendations for further improvement of the legislation. Author of the presentation: Vakhtang Megrelishvili. Full version is available in English and in Georgian.

  • HIV/AIDS Surveillance Plan, 2010

    The National HIV/AIDS Surveillance Plan in Georgia was developed by the national working group in the frame of the project funded by The Global Fund- “Establishment of evidence-base for national HIV/AIDS program by strengthening the HIV/AIDS surveillance system in the country”.

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  • National Health Accounts:Reproductive Health Sub-Analysis for Georgia 2001-2003

    National Health Accounts (NHA) is an internationally recognized methodology for monitoring financial resource flows into the health sector from the various sources of funds to financial agents, and from financial agents to providers and functions. The NHA sub-analysis for reproductive health is presented to evaluate resources for reproductive health services within the overall NHA framework. The NHA reproductive health sub-analysis for Georgia was carried out by a team of experts from Curatio International Foundation, Abt. Associates Inc. and the National Institute of Health of Georgia (NIH), with the financial assistance of USAID Caucasus for the CoReform project. The purpose of this paper is to present the estimates of reproductive health spending during 2001-2003 and derive policy relevant results, to inform the reproductive health policy development process that is currently taking place in the country.Published: 2005. Authors: Ketevan Chkhatarashvili, George Gotsadze, Alexandr Turdziladze. View the document.

  • Strategic Plan for the Development of Health Information Systems in Georgia

    The purpose this document is to outline a strategy for the development of a Health Information System (HIS) in Georgia. The strategy is expected to be used by in-country stakeholders and international development partners to strengthen in a logical and practical way the Health Information Systems (HIS) bringing it up to international standards. If successful the HIS will contribute to evidence-based decision making in health policy area.

    The current work on the development of the strategic plan to strengthen HIS has been carried out within the framework of a grant made to Georgia by Health Metrics Network (HMN), which is a global partnership whose mission is to champion and facilitate better health information at country, regional, and global levels.

    Curatio International Foundation, a non-for-profit institution with on-ground experience in research and policy advice has been awarded the Grant to assist the Government and non-government stakeholders in the HIS development strategy design. View the document.

  • Policy Implications of the first Systematic Tracking of Financial Flows for HIV/AIDS in Ukraine, 2006

    Policy Implications of the first Systematic Tracking of Financial Flows for HIV/AIDS in Ukraine is presentation delivered by the nine health care experts in Toronto in August 2006.The presentation looks at background information of HIV/AIDS like prevalance, HIV/Aids statistics, HIV/AIDS spending, finances sources, expenditures by functions, comparison with other countries in the scope of expenditures by functions etc. Authors of the presentation: Yuriy Chechulin, George Gotsadze,Catherine Chanfreau, Liudmila Husak,Vinay Saldanha, Anastasiya Nitsoy, Viktor Galayda,Manjiri Bhawalkar, Tania Dmytraczenko. View the full version of the presentation.

  • Premium Estimates for the 2009 State Health Care Benefit Program for the Poor

    It is estimated that during 2009 up to 900 000 poor individual will be covered by the Program. Monthly Premium estimations done by CoReform/CIF hired actuaries in September 2008 have already submitted to the MoLHSA to inform 2009 State Budget allocations, namely: a) average premium 12.64 Gel per month per person that makes 151.68 Gel per person per annum; b) different premium coefficients estimated for the following scenarios: i) age and sex; ii) different age groups (age 0-49; age 50-74; age 75 and above); iii) age, sex and family size; iv) age, sex and region; The premium estimations informed GoG Decree #32 dated February 19, 2009, where average premium exceeds 12.64 GEL and equals 15 Gel per month, largely because of Government’s policy decision to further expand insurance package for the Poor.

    Premium Estimates for the 2009 State Health Care Benefit Program for the Poor (ENG)
    Premium Estimates for the 2009 State Health Care Benefit Program for the Poor (GEO)

  • Calculation of Funds Spent by the State and Donors on TB Treatment and Prevention

    The purpose of this document is to estimate the costs incurred by the government and donors on tuberculosis prevention and treatment in Georgia in 2001-2005. The document does not address private spending of the population on tuberculosis, since there is no reliable information (household surveys) presently available on private household expenditure on the treatment of the disease. Expenditures of the Georgian government and donors on tuberculosis treatment and its prevention in Georgia for the period 2001-2005 were calculated by Curatio International Foundation for project, “Cooperation for the Transformation of Georgian Health Care System” (CoReform) funded by the USAID/Caucasus Mission. View the full version.

  • National and subnational HIV/AIDS coordination: are global health initiatives closing the gap between intent and practice?

    The research article prepared by the international experts and representatives of Curatio International Foundation was published in the international journal Globalization and Health web site. The article is available at US National Library of Medicine as well.

    The paper identifies residual national and subnational obstacles to effective coordination and optimal use of funds by focal GHIs, which these GHIs, other donors and country partners need to collectively address.

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