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Assessment of Third Party Payers in Jordan

The Partnerships for Health Reform, funded by the United States Agency for International Development, provides technical assistance in a variety of areas—including universal coverage of health services—to help improve the efficiency, effectiveness, and equity of Jordan's health system. This report outlines the findings of the assessment, conducted in June 1998, of private third party payers in the health sector and the potential roles they could play in a universal health system. The report also presents a brief overview of Jordan's health sector, quantitative data on third party payers, their organizational structure and business/service approach and plans. The report contains a list of short- and long-term recommendations on actions to take in order to determine the roles of private insurance and to enable third party payers to contribute to social health insurance.