Analysis of financing and organisation of primary health care in Azerbaijan

Since June 2005, the Economic Research Center (ERC), with funding from Oxfam Great Britain, has been conducting a research aimed at increasing the efficient use of healthcare expenditures financed out of the state budget, and designing effective mechanisms for public financing of primary health care (PHC) systems.

This study seeks to improve the quality of PHC and to increase its public availability in accordance with objectives of the United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and the State Program on Poverty Reduction and Economic Development (SPPRED). In this paper ERC has analysed the current situation on financing and organisation of healthcare services in Azerbaijan, in particular related to PHC; accessed experiences on PHC financing and organisation in certain countries (including developed, FSU, and developing); investigated reform-related practices in the CIS nations and related studies carried out by a variety of international organisations (WHO, UNDP, USAID, WB, etc) and commentators.