Health Financing Progress Matrix Sub-national assessment Jammu and Kashmir, India

Overview

This report summarizes the findings of the Health Financing Progress Matrix assessment, WHO’s standardized assessment of a country’s health financing policies, for the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir, India. The report highlights both strengths and weaknesses in Jammu and Kashmir’s current health financing arrangements, assessed against the desirable attributes of a health financing system, based on global evidence. Based on the findings, the report suggests a number of policy adjustments to drive accelerated progress towards universal health coverage (UHC) in the country. 

The report draws attention to the limited revenue raising capacity for Jammu and Kashmir due to its recent transition to a union territory coupled with low levels of budget execution. Moreover, it emphasizes to need to harmonize purchasing arrangements and enhance capacities for evidence generation, analysis, and monitoring. The report is intended to be used as a baseline for the future monitoring of Jammu and Kashmir progress in implementing health financing reforms.