The goal of universal health coverage is to ensure that all people obtain the health services they need without suffering financial hardship when paying for them.
It aims to provide health care and financial protection to all people in a given country with three related objectives:
- equity in access – everyone who needs health services should get them, and not simply those who can pay for them;
- quality of health services – good enough to improve the health of those receiving the services;
- financial-risk protection – ensuring that the cost of health care does not put people at risk of financial hardship.
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