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Compared with responses to earlier economic crises, many governments expanded overall budgets, increasing support for healthcare, while a smaller share targeted prevention and infectious-disease response. Some health spending relied on earmarked sources such as social health insurance. Strengthening health-system sustainability and resilience is positioned as a route to national security and economic growth through additional budget allocation and mobilization of earmarked social-insurance funds, supported by mixed payment systems to raise surge capacity and provider incentives.","Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized  \n© 2023 International Bank for Reconstruction and Development / The World Bank  \n1818 H Street NW Washington DC 20433 Telephone: 202-473-1000  \n[Internet: www.worldbank.org](Internet: www.worldbank.org)  \nThis work is a product of the staff of The World Bank with external contributions. 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The case studies are available at: [https://www.worldbank.org/en/](https://www.worldbank.org/en/)[ ](https://www.worldbank.org/en/)[country/korea/brief/korea-wbg-partnership-on-pandemic-preparedness-and-response.](country/korea/brief/korea-wbg-partnership-on-pandemic-preparedness-and-response.)  \n[Cover design: QUO Bangkok](Cover design: QUO Bangkok)  \nRepublic of Korea – World Bank Group Partnership On COVID-19 Preparedness and Response  \nWhat Can Financing Schemes and Payment Systems Do to Improve Pandemic Response?  \nSeptember 2023  \nAuthors  \nTae-jin Lee  \nProfessor at the Graduate School of Public Health, Seoul National University  \nJuhyeon Moon  \nPhD candidate at the Graduate School of Public Health, Seoul National University  \n4 | What Can Financing Schemes and Payment Systems Do to Improve Pandemic Response?  \nTABLE OF CONTENTS  \nAbstract  ................................................................ 7  \n1 . Introduction  ........................................................... 8  \nCountry profiles ........................................................9  \n2 . How have countries funded the health sectors in response to the COVID-19 pandemic?  ........................................... 10  \n3 . What kinds of provider payment measures have been used for income loss and extra expenses during COVID-19?  .................... 12  \n4 . Policy implications and lessons learned  ................................. 15  \nReferences  ............................................................ 16  \nLIST OF TABLES  \nTable 1: Relevant UHC data in the six countries ............................................ 9  \nTable 2: Six countries’ additional budget in response to the COVID-19 pandemic .............. 11  \nTable 3: Countries’ provider payment systems by purpose and means ....................... 12  \nTable 4: Extra fee-for-service payments in Repu","cbCaimyYzf50aOMI","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaimyYzf50aOMI","pdf",816056,3,1,18,"English","en",105,"# Table of Contents\n## Abstract\n## 1. Introduction\n## Country profiles\n## 2. How have countries funded the health sectors in response to the COVID-19 pandemic?\n## 3. What kinds of provider payment measures have been used for income loss and extra expenses during COVID-19?\n## 4. 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