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Universal Health Coverage

Also Known As UHC

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The goal that all people have access to the full range of quality health services they need, when and where they need them, without financial hardship. The World Health Organization treats it as a central policy target, tracked through both service coverage and the share of household income health spending consumes.

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Health systems and policy 1
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A widely cited real-world example of universal health coverage funded through general taxation and free at the point of delivery.

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1. World Health Organization Official Site
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All people have access to the full range of quality health services they need, when and where they need them, without financial hardship.
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Wikipedia: Universal Health Coverage
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A universal health care or universal health coverage (UHC) system is a healthcare system in which all citizens of a country have some level of health coverage.
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Wikipedia: National Health Service
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