...distributional index. Fair financing in health systems means that the risks each household faces due to the costs of the health system are distributed according to ability to pay rather than to the risk of illness: a fairly financed system ensures financial protection for everyone....

...2000).1 The report defined fair financing as a situation where "the risks each household faces due to the costs of the health system are distributed according to ability to pay rather than to the risk of illness."2 Fair financing constitutes one of the three goals to be achieved...