A stakeholder analysis.

abstract：:The Syrian conflict has caused enormous displacement of a population with a high non-communicable disease (NCD) burden into surrounding countries, overwhelming health systems' NCD care capacity. Médecins sans Frontières (MSF) developed a primary-level NCD programme, serving Syrian refugees and the host population in I...

journal_title：Health policy and planning

authors： Ansbro É,Garry S,Karir V,Reddy A,Jobanputra K,Fardous T,Sadique Z

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OBJECTIVES Like many other developing countries, South Africa provides free medicines through its public health care facilities. Recent policies encourage generic substitution in the private sector. This study explored South African consumer perceptions of drug quality and whether these perceptions influenced how peop...

journal_title：Health policy and planning

authors： Patel A,Gauld R,Norris P,Rades T

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Approximately 900 000 newborn children die every year in India, accounting for 28% of neonatal deaths globally. In 2011, India introduced a home-based newborn care (HBNC) package to be delivered by community health workers across rural areas. We estimate the disease and economic burden that could be averted by scaling...

journal_title：Health policy and planning

authors： Nandi A,Colson AR,Verma A,Megiddo I,Ashok A,Laxminarayan R

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In Chile, workers are mandated to choose either public or private health insurance coverage. Although private insurance premiums depend on health risk, public insurance premiums are solely linked to income. This structure implies that individuals with higher health risks may tend to avoid private insurance, leaving th...

journal_title：Health policy and planning

authors： Pardo C,Schott W

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Facing escalating health care expenditures, the governments of countries with national health insurance programs are trying to control or even to reduce health care utilization. Little research has examined the effects of decreased health care utilization on health outcomes. Applying a natural experiment design to the...

journal_title：Health policy and planning

authors： Wang SY,Chen LK,Hsu SH,Wang SC

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The challenge of achieving community participation as a component of health sector reform is especially great in low- and middle-income countries where there is limited experience of community participation in social policy making. This paper concentrates on the social representations of different actors at different ...

journal_title：Health policy and planning

authors： Mosquera M,Zapata Y,Lee K,Arango C,Varela A

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Low renewal rate is a key challenge facing the sustainability of community-based health insurance (CBHI) schemes. While there is a large literature on initial enrolment into such schemes, there is limited evidence on the factors that impede renewal. This article uses longitudinal data to analyse what determines renewa...

journal_title：Health policy and planning

authors： Panda P,Chakraborty A,Raza W,Bedi AS

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In most settings, a 'public' health service refers to a service which belongs to the state. The term 'private' is used when health care is delivered by individuals and/or institutions not administered by the state. In this paper it is argued that such a distinction, which is based on the institutional or administrativ...

journal_title：Health policy and planning

authors： Giusti D,Criel B,De Béthune X

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Policy entrepreneurs are individuals who attempt to influence the policy process and its outcomes through their opportunistic or incremental actions. Their success in the policy-making process has been associated with the convergence of four factors: behavioural traits; institutional factors; network position and poli...

journal_title：Health policy and planning

authors： Shearer JC

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In countries with large gender disparities in health status, can investments in local communities mitigate the gender bias observed in intra-household resource allocations? This paper explores the evidence for gender differences in the impact of community prices and infrastructure on child nutritional outcomes. Standa...

journal_title：Health policy and planning

authors： Holmes J

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although performance-based financing (PBF) receives increasing attention in the literature, a lot remains unknown about the exact mechanisms triggered by PBF arrangements. This article aims to summarize current knowledge on how PBF works, set out what still needs to be investigated and formulate recommendations for re...

journal_title：Health policy and planning

authors： Renmans D,Holvoet N,Orach CG,Criel B

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Integration of health services has been pursued worldwide. Diversity in integration approaches and in the contexts in which integrated programmes operate, however, hinders comparative analysis of care integration in both high-income countries (HICs) and low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). This study evaluates an...

journal_title：Health policy and planning

authors： Liang LL

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adequate supervision is critical to maintain the performance of health workers who provide essential maternal and child health services in low-resource areas. Supportive supervision emphasizing problem-solving, skill development and mentorship has been shown to improve the motivation and effectiveness of health worker...

journal_title：Health policy and planning

authors： Bellerose M,Alva S,Magalona S,Awoonor-Williams K,Sacks E

更新日期：2020-12-22 00:00:00

abstract：:As national resources for health decline, so dependence on international resources to finance the capital and recurrent costs is increasing. This dependence, combined with an increasing emphasis on policy-based, as opposed to project-based, lending and grant-making has been accompanied by greater involvement of intern...

journal_title：Health policy and planning

authors： Okuonzi SA,Macrae J

更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Lives Saved Tool (LiST) has been used to estimate the impact of scaling up intervention coverage on undernutrition and mortality. Evidence for the model is largely based on efficacy trials, raising concerns of applicability to large-scale contexts. We modelled the impact of scaling up health programs in India betw...

journal_title：Health policy and planning

authors： Alderman H,Nguyen PH,Menon P

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In Papua New Guinea, investment by the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (the Global Fund) has played an important role in scaling up the response to HIV and tuberculosis (TB). As part of a series of case studies on how Global Fund-supported programmes interact with national health systems, we assess...

journal_title：Health policy and planning

authors： Rudge JW,Phuanakoonon S,Nema KH,Mounier-Jack S,Coker R

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Almost all sub-Saharan countries have adopted cost-reduction policies to facilitate access to health care. However, several studies underline the reimbursement delays experienced by health facilities, which lead to deficient implementation of these policies. In April 2016, for its free care policy, Burkina Faso shifte...

journal_title：Health policy and planning

authors： Meda IB,Kouanda S,Dumont A,Ridde V

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many countries in sub-Saharan Africa face the problem of organizing health service delivery in a manner that provides adequate quality and coverage of health care to their populations against a background of economic recession and limited resources. In response to these challenges, different governments, including tha...

journal_title：Health policy and planning

authors： Agyepong IA

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:How do practitioners respond to the mental distress of HIV-affected women and communities? And do their understandings of patients' distress matter? The World Health Organization (WHO) along with advocates from the Movement for Global Mental Health (MGMH) champion a primary mental health care model to address burgeoni...

journal_title：Health policy and planning

authors： Burgess RA

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Socio-economic inequalities in maternal and child health are ubiquitous, but limited information is available on how much the quality of care varies according to wealth or ethnicity in low- and middle-income countries. Also, little information exists on quality differences between public and private provider...

journal_title：Health policy and planning

authors： Victora CG,Matijasevich A,Silveira M,Santos I,Barros AJ,Barros FC

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Formalized task shifting structures have been used to rapidly scale up antiretroviral service delivery to underserved populations in several countries, and may be a promising mechanism for accomplishing universal health coverage. However, studies evaluating the quality of service delivery through task shifting have la...

journal_title：Health policy and planning

authors： Asfaw E,Dominis S,Palen JG,Wong W,Bekele A,Kebede A,Johns B

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Evidence regarding the role of nurses-in-leadership and how to engage nurses in policy decisions is minimal in sub-Saharan Africa. The purpose of this study was: (1) to assess the leadership practices of nurses-in-leadership in Uganda (by self-report) and from the perspective of 'followers' (direct-report, peers, co-w...

journal_title：Health policy and planning

authors： Nanyonga RC,Bosire EN,Heller DJ,Bradley E,Reynolds NR

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:There is an immense need for scaling-up neuropsychiatric care in low-income countries. Contextualized cost-effectiveness analyses (CEAs) provide relevant information for local policies. The aim of this study is to perform a contextualized CEA of neuropsychiatric interventions in Ethiopia and to illustrate ...

journal_title：Health policy and planning

authors： Strand KB,Chisholm D,Fekadu A,Johansson KA

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stroke is a major global health problem. It is a major cause of mortality, morbidity and disability in developed and increasingly in less developed countries. Worldwide, it is the leading cause of healthy years lost in late adulthood, and evidence indicates that the burden of stroke, particularly in terms of morbidity...

journal_title：Health policy and planning

authors： Kalache A,Aboderin I

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:This study describes the post-diagnosis care-seeking costs incurred by people living with TB and/or HIV and their households, in order to identify the potential benefits of integrated care. Methods:We conducted a cross-sectional study with 454 participants with TB or HIV or both in public primary health car...

journal_title：Health policy and planning

authors： Mudzengi D,Sweeney S,Hippner P,Kufa T,Fielding K,Grant AD,Churchyard G,Vassall A

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article examines the role of health governance in shaping the outcomes of healthcare reforms in China. The analysis shows that the failure of reforms during the 1980s and 1990s was in part due to inadequate attention to key aspects in health governance, such as strategic interactions among government, providers a...

journal_title：Health policy and planning

authors： Ramesh M,Wu X,He AJ

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Social accountability is increasingly invoked as a way of improving health services. This article presents a theory-driven qualitative study of the context, mechanisms and outcomes of a social accountability program, Citizen Voice and Action (CVA), implemented by World Vision (WV) in Zambia. Primary data were collecte...

journal_title：Health policy and planning

authors： Schaaf M,Topp SM,Ngulube M

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The 1993 World Development Report is proving to be an influential document for the development of the health sector policies in developing countries. One important aspect of the Report concerns its proposals for Disability Adjusted Life Years as a measure of health change and hence effectiveness of interventions. This...

journal_title：Health policy and planning

authors： Barker C,Green A

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In August 2003, the Ghanaian Government made history by implementing the first National Health Insurance System (NHIS) in sub-Saharan Africa. Within 2 years, over one-third of the country had voluntarily enrolled in the NHIS. To discourage households from selectively enrolling their sickest (high-risk) members, the NH...

journal_title：Health policy and planning

authors： Rajkotia Y,Frick K

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Public sector price analyses of antiretroviral (ARV) medicines can provide relevant information to detect ARV procurement procedures that do not obtain competitive market prices. Price benchmarks provide a useful tool for programme managers and policy makers to support such planning and policy measures. The aim of the...

journal_title：Health policy and planning

authors： Wirtz VJ,Santa-Ana-Tellez Y,Trout CH,Kaplan WA

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00