From blockchain technology to global health equity : can cryptocurrencies finance universal health coverage?

Blockchain technology and cryptocurrencies could remake global health financing and usher in an era global health equity and universal health coverage. We outline and provide examples for at least four important ways in which this potential disruption of traditional global health funding mechanisms could occur: universal access to financing through direct transactions without third parties; novel new multilateral financing mechanisms; increased security and reduced fraud and corruption; and the opportunity for open markets for healthcare data that drive discovery and innovation. We see these issues as a paramount to the delivery of healthcare worldwide and relevant for payers and providers of healthcare at state, national and global levels; for government and non-governmental organisations; and for global aid organisations, including the WHO, International Monetary Fund and World Bank Group.

Errataetall:

ErratumIn: BMJ Glob Health. 2017 Dec 7;2(4):e000570corr1 Meara J [corrected to Meara JG]. - PMID 29266104

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2017

Erschienen:

2017

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:2

Enthalten in:

BMJ global health - 2(2017), 4 vom: 17., Seite e000570

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Till, Brian M [VerfasserIn]
Peters, Alexander W [VerfasserIn]
Afshar, Salim [VerfasserIn]
Meara, John G [VerfasserIn]
Meara, John [VerfasserIn]

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Health economics
Health policy
Health systems
Journal Article
Review

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Date Revised 20.11.2019

published: Electronic-eCollection

ErratumIn: BMJ Glob Health. 2017 Dec 7;2(4):e000570corr1 Meara J [corrected to Meara JG]. - PMID 29266104

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.1136/bmjgh-2017-000570

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NLM278429289