DRG is a critical component of the National Health Care Financing Scheme and ensures equitable access under the universal health care framework, according to Dr Mohamed Rafick Khan.
Dr Rafick Khan calls for a national health care financing scheme, saying tax revenue alone is inadequate to finance health care services. The government needs to shift the funding of health care services from tax revenue to a non-tax direct contribution.
Dr Rafick Khan calls for a National Health Care Financing Scheme (NHFS), with a legal framework, a statutory fund and gradual corporatisation of government hospitals to improve services. NHFS should be independent of MOH as its primary activity is finance.