Table 1 Concepts and search terms combined with ‘health’
From: Economic interventions to improve population health: a scoping study of systematic reviews
Economic interventions | Definition | Search terms |
|---|---|---|
Price Interventions - Taxes and Subsidies | Interventions that target prices for goods and services paid/received by households or firms | “tax”, “subsidy”, “subsidized”, “subsidies”, “penalty”, “penalties”, “voucher”, “vouchers” |
Income Transfer Programs | Interventions that transfer resources directly to households | “income support”, “financial supplement”, “income supplement”, “fina ncial assistance”, “welfare benefits”, “social security”, “cash assistance”, “income transfer”, “asset transfer”, “pensions”, “welfare payments”, “cash transfer”, “cash support”, “bonus”, “economic support” |
Incentive Programs | Interventions that provide rewards or penalties to motivate specific behaviours/outcomes | “results-based financing”, “pay for performance”, “performance pay”, “performance incentives”, “financial incentives”, “activity based funding”, “provider payment” |
Livelihood Support Programs | Interventions that provide resources or skills to support income generation | “livelihood support”, “entrepreneurship training”, “business training”, “vocational skills training”, “vocational training” |
Health-related Financial Services | Interventions that provide mechanisms for managing resource allocations and financial risks. | “microcredit”, “microlending”, “microloans”, “microfinance”, “loans”, “lending”, “microinsurance” |