Sri Lanka Health System Review

Figure 1.1

Map of Sri Lanka

Source: United Nations Cartographic Section, 2008

The climate of the island is dominated by tropical monsoon systems. The mean annual temperature in Sri Lanka is largely homogeneous, regional differences being largely due to altitude rather than to latitude. In the lowlands up to an altitude of 100–150 m, the mean annual temperature

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Sri Lanka Health System Review

Articles inside

9. Appendices ................................................................................................ 206 9.1 References

9.3 About the authors

7.6 Transparency and accountability

9.2 HiT methodology and production process

7.4 Health outcomes, health service outcomes and quality of care

7.3 User experience and equity of access to health care

7.1 Objectives of the health system

7. Assessment of the health system .......................................................... 157 Chapter summary

6.3 Future developments

developments in Sri Lanka

6.2 Analysis of recent major reforms

6. Principal health reforms ......................................................................... 139 Chapter summary

medicine

5.11 Mental health care

5.13 Health services for specific populations

5.8 Rehabilitation

5.7 Pharmaceutical care

5.6 Emergency care

5.2 Curative care services

5.4 Inpatient care

4.2 Human resources

5. Provision of services ................................................................................ 113 Chapter summary

4.1 Physical resources

4. Physical and human resources ................................................................ 78 Chapter summary

3.7 Payment mechanisms

3.6 Other financing

Figure 3.8 OOP spending on health by expenditure deciles, 2016

3.5 Voluntary private health insurance

3.2 Sources of revenue and financial flows

3.3 Overview of the public financing schemes

Figure 3.6 Financing system related to health-care provision

3. Health financing ......................................................................................... 48 Chapter summary

2.9 Patient empowerment

2.8 Regulation

2.7 Health information management

2.6 Intersectorality

2.4 Decentralization and centralization

2.2 Overview of the health system

2.1 Historical background

2.3 Organization

2. Organization and governance ................................................................... 26 Chapter summary

1. Introduction .................................................................................................. 1 Chapter summary

1.4 Health status

1.3 Political context

1.5 Human-induced and natural disasters

Figure 1.1 Map of Sri Lanka

1.1 Geography and sociodemography

1.2 Economic context

1 Analysis of the significant health reforms that affected health