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Health Systems in Transition Vol. 9 No. 4 2007 Mongolia Health system review T. Bolormaa • Ts. Natsagdorj B. Tumurbat • Ts. Bujin B. Bulganchimeg • B. Soyoltuya B. Enkhjin • S. Evlegsuren E. Richardson Editor: Erica Richardson Health Systems in Transition Written by T. Bolormaa (Ministry of Health, Mongolia) Ts. Natsagdorj (Ministry of Health, Mongolia) B. Tumurbat (Ministry of Health, Mongolia) Ts. Bujin (Ministry of Health, Mongolia) B. Bulganchimeg (Ministry of Health, Mongolia) B. Soyoltuya (UNFPA, Mongolia) B. Enkhjin (UNFPA, Mongolia) S. Evlegsuren (Ministry of Health, Mongolia) E. Richardson (European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies) Edited by E. Richardson (European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies) Mongolia: Health System Review 2007 The European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies is a partnership between the World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe, the Governments of Belgium, Finland, Greece, Norway, Slovenia, Spain and Sweden, the Veneto Region of Italy, the European Investment Bank, the Open Society Institute, the World Bank, the London School of Economics and Political Science, and the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine. Keywords: DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE EVALUATION STUDIES FINANCING, HEALTH HEALTH CARE REFORM HEALTH SYSTEM PLANS – organization and administration MONGOLIA © World Health Organization 2007, on behalf of the European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies All rights reserved. The European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies welcomes requests for permission to reproduce or translate its publications, in part or in full. 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Health Systems in Transition, 2007; 9(4): 1–151. ISSN 1817-6127 Vol. 9 No. 4 Health systems in transition Mongolia Contents Preface ...........................................................................................................v Acknowledgements .....................................................................................vii List of abbreviations.....................................................................................ix List of tables and figures ..............................................................................xi Glossary of Mongolian words .....................................................................xii Abstract ......................................................................................................xiii Executive summary .....................................................................................xv 1. Introduction ...............................................................................................1 1.1 Overview of the health system ......................................................1 1.2 Geography and sociodemography ................................................3 1.3 Economic context .........................................................................6 1.4 Political context ............................................................................8 1.5 Health status ................................................................................10 2. Organizational structure ..........................................................................19 2.1 Historical background .................................................................19 2.2 Organizational overview .............................................................22 2.3 Decentralization and centralization ............................................27 2.4 Patient empowerment..................................................................28 3. Financing .................................................................................................31 3.1 Health expenditure ......................................................................31 3.2 Population coverage and basis for entitlement ...........................35 3.3 Revenue collection/sources of funding .......................................39 3.4 Pooling of funds ..........................................................................49 3.5 Purchasing and purchaser–provider relations .............................51 3.6 Payment mechanisms ..................................................................52 iii Health systems in transition Mongolia 4. Planning and regulation ..........................................................................59 4.1 Regulation ...................................................................................59 4.2 Planning and health information management ...........................64 5. Physical and human resources ................................................................71 5.1 Physical resources .......................................................................71 5.2 Human resources ........................................................................80 6. Provision of services ...............................................................................87 6.1 Public health ...............................................................................87 6.2 Patient pathways .........................................................................94 6.3 Primary/ambulatory care .............................................................97 6.4 Specialized ambulatory/inpatient care ......................................103 6.5 Pharmaceutical care ..................................................................109 6.6 Rehabilitation/intermediate care ...............................................112 6.7 Long-term care ..........................................................................112 6.8 Services for informal carers ......................................................113 6.9 Palliative care ............................................................................113 6.10 Mental health ..........................................................................114 6.11 Dental health ...........................................................................117 6.12 Alternative/complementary medicine .....................................117 7. Principal health care reforms ................................................................119 7.1 Introduction ...............................................................................119 7.2 Content and process of reforms ................................................120 8. Assessment of the health system ...........................................................131 8.1 The stated objectives of the health system ...............................131 8.2 Distribution of the health system’s costs and benefits across the population ...........................................................................131 8.3 Efficiency of resource allocation in health care ........................133 8.4 Technical efficiency in the production of health care ...............133 8.5 Accountability of payers and providers ....................................135 8.6 The contribution of the health system to health improvement..135 9. Conclusions ...........................................................................................137 10. Appendices ..........................................................................................141 10.1 References ...............................................................................141 10.2 Useful web sites ......................................................................147 10.3 National Health Programmes, 2006 ........................................148 10.4 HiT methodology and production process ..............................149 iv Health systems in transition Mongolia Preface he Health Systems in Transition (HiT) profiles are country-based reports that provide a detailed description of a health