Integrating family planning services into HIV care and treatment clinics in Tanzania: evaluation of a facilitated referral model.

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：:Protecting households from high out-of-pocket (OOP) payments for health care is an important health system goal. High OOP payments can push households into poverty and make them vulnerable to catastrophic health expenditures. This study, based in India, aims to: (a) estimate OOP payments for health and related impover...

journal_title：Health policy and planning

authors： Shahrawat R,Rao KD

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Injury is a growing public health concern worldwide. Since severe injuries require urgent treatment, involving smooth, timely patient referral between facilities, strengthening of the referral system would reduce injury mortality. Smooth referral consists of identification of severe cases, organization of transportati...

journal_title：Health policy and planning

authors： Nakahara S,Saint S,Sann S,Ichikawa M,Kimura A,Eng L,Yoshida K

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:The efficacy of low- and middle-income countries’ (LMIC) national drug policies in managing antiretroviral (ARV) pharmaceutical prices is not well understood. Though ARV drug prices have been declining in LMIC over the past decade, little research has been done on the role of their national drug policies. Th...

journal_title：Health policy and planning

authors： Liu Y,Galárraga O

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Home visiting programmes are increasingly recognized as one of the most effective interventions to improve child health and development in low-income settings. However, the best platforms to deliver such programmes remain unclear. We conducted a randomized controlled trial to test the relative effectiveness of child d...

journal_title：Health policy and planning

authors： Brentani A,Walker S,Chang-Lopez S,Grisi S,Powell C,Fink G

更新日期：2021-01-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Existing accountability efforts in Nigeria primarily serve as retrospective policing. To enable accountability to guide change prospectively and preemptively, we drew from a literature review to develop a framework that highlights mutually reinforcing dimensions of accountability in health systems along three counterb...

journal_title：Health policy and planning

authors： George AS,Erchick DJ,Zubairu MM,Barau IY,Wonodi C

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article presents research findings into the effectiveness of an innovative equity fund approach to improving access to public sector health services for the poor in Kirivong Operational Health District in Cambodia. The operational health district is the lowest organizational level in the Cambodian health system, ...

journal_title：Health policy and planning

authors： Jacobs B,Price N

更新日期：2006-01-01 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：:About 87 000 neonates die annually in Ethiopia, with slower progress than for child deaths and 85% of births are at home. As part of a multi-country, standardized economic evaluation, we examine the incremental benefit and costs of providing management of possible serious bacterial infection (PSBI) for newborns at hea...

journal_title：Health policy and planning

authors： Mathewos B,Owen H,Sitrin D,Cousens S,Degefie T,Wall S,Bekele A,Lawn JE,Daviaud E

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:While the concept of gender mainstreaming has gained acceptance among many national and international development organizations, many obstacles are faced in translating the concept into tangible improvements in the health and well-being of women and men. This paper presents two qualitative case studies, one from Kenya...

journal_title：Health policy and planning

authors： Elsey H,Kilonzo N,Tolhurst R,Molyneux C

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Lebanon, characterized by a free-market health care system, has one of the highest reported per capita rates of cardiac catheterization facilities and coronary angiographies in the world. The aim of this study is to evaluate the appropriateness of performance of coronary angiography procedures in Lebanon. M...

journal_title：Health policy and planning

authors： Sibai AM,Tohme RA,Saade GA,Ghanem G,Alam S,Lebanese Interventional Coronary Registry Working Group (LICOR).

更新日期：2008-05-01 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：:Caesarean section rates have been increasing worldwide, raising the question of the appropriateness of the selection of cases for the procedure. This paper examines the levels and correlates of delivery-related complications and caesarean section deliveries in 18 selected states of India in terms of specific maternal ...

journal_title：Health policy and planning

authors： Mishra US,Ramanathan M

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examines the factors that influence patient choice of medical provider in the three-tier health care system in rural China: village health posts, township health centres, and county (and higher level) hospitals. The model is estimated using a multinomial logit approach applied to a sample of 1877 cases of o...

journal_title：Health policy and planning

authors： Yip WC,Wang H,Liu Y

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Attention to global health security governance is more important now than ever before. Scientists predict that a possible influenza pandemic could affect 1.5 billion people, cause up to 150 million deaths and leave US$3 trillion in economic damages. A public health emergency in one country is now only hours ...

journal_title：Health policy and planning

authors： Hoffman SJ

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), making the best use of scarce resources is essential to achieving universal health coverage. The design of health benefits packages creates the opportunity to select interventions on the basis of explicit objectives. Distributional cost-effectiveness analysis (DCEA) provide...

journal_title：Health policy and planning

authors： Arnold M,Nkhoma D,Griffin S

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Increasingly, low- and middle-income countries are looking to community-based health insurance (CBHI) as a means of ensuring access to health care for the poor. However, little evidence exists about the determining factors that affect poor individuals' insurance decisions. This article reviews the economic and social ...

journal_title：Health policy and planning

authors： Schneider P

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In Mauritania, obstetrical risk insurance (ORI) has been progressively implemented at the health district level since 2002 and was available in 25% of public healthcare facilities in 2015. The ORI scheme is based on pre-payment scheme principles and focuses on increasing the quality of and access to both maternal and ...

journal_title：Health policy and planning

authors： Ravit M,Ravalihasy A,Audibert M,Ridde V,Bonnet E,Raffalli B,Roy FA,N'Landu A,Dumont A

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three broad strategies for health financing reform include: 1) cost recovery through user fees to expand access and improve quality of health services along with means testing to increase equity; 2) reallocation of existing resources to improve efficiency and access; and 3) assessment of the efficiency and quality of ...

journal_title：Health policy and planning

authors： Leighton C

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper reports an empirical investigation into the pattern of private health insurance coverage in South Africa before and after deregulation of the health insurance industry. More specifically, we sought to measure trends in risk-pooling over the period 1985-95, and to assess the impact of risk pooling on the cos...

journal_title：Health policy and planning

authors： Söderlund N,Hansl B

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Coverage of insecticide-treated nets (ITNs) in sub-Saharan Africa is still low despite their proven efficacy, effectiveness and cost-effectiveness. Delivery systems for ITNs have been hotly debated, but there has been no structured approach to assessing their relative effectiveness. This paper aims to: pro...

journal_title：Health policy and planning

authors： Webster J,Hill J,Lines J,Hanson K

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Informal payments for health care are a well-known phenomenon in many health care systems around the world. While informal payments could be an important source of health care financing, they have an adverse impact on efficiency and access to care, and are a major impediment to ongoing health care reforms. This paper ...

journal_title：Health policy and planning

authors： Stepurko T,Pavlova M,Gryga I,Gaál P,Groot W

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Poor mental health is a pressing global health problem, with high prevalence among poor populations from low-income countries. Existing studies of conditional cash transfer (CCT) effects on mental health have found positive effects. However, there is a gap in the literature on population-wide effects of cash transfers...

journal_title：Health policy and planning

authors： Ohrnberger J,Fichera E,Sutton M,Anselmi L

更新日期：2020-11-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Task-shifting the provision of pregnancy tests to community health workers (CHWs) in low-resource settings has the potential to reach significantly more underserved women at risk of pregnancy with essential reproductive health services. This study assessed whether an intervention to supply CHWs with home pregnancy tes...

journal_title：Health policy and planning

authors： Comfort AB,Juras RC,Bradley SEK,Ranjalahy Rasolofomanana J,Noeliarivelo Ranjalahy A,Harper CC

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Decentralization of the health care system in China has led to an increasing need for income generation at all operational levels, both for curative services and for public health programmes. In general, people have accepted the costs of curative services, although the impact of charges on health-seeking behaviour has...

journal_title：Health policy and planning

authors： Yu D,Manderson L,Yuan L,Wei W,He H,Chen Y

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies have consistently found an inverse relationship between household-level poverty and health status. However, what is not well understood is whether and how the average economic status at the community level plays a role in the poverty-health relationship. The purpose of this study is to investigate the...

journal_title：Health policy and planning

authors： Mahmud Khan M,Hotchkiss DR,Berruti AA,Hutchinson PL

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Within the existing health financing literature, males are typically categorized as the household's decision-makers. While this view accurately reflects many local sociocultural realities, approximately a quarter of sub-Saharan African households are now headed by females. In light of various efforts to expand health ...

journal_title：Health policy and planning

authors： Oraro T,Ngube N,Atohmbom GY,Srivastava S,Wyss K

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The persistently low quality and inadequacy of health services provided in public facilities has made the private sector an unavoidable choice for consumers of health care in Nigeria. Ineffective state regulation, however, has meant little control over the clinical activities of private sector providers while the pric...

journal_title：Health policy and planning

authors： Ogunbekun I,Ogunbekun A,Orobaton N

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been argued that targeting delivery of anthelmintics to school-children by taking advantage of the existing education infrastructure and administrative system can be one of the most cost-effective approaches in minimizing the intensity of infections with both schistosomiasis and major intestinal nematodes in ma...

journal_title：Health policy and planning

authors：

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:'One World, One Health' has become a key rallying theme for the integration of public health and animal health priorities, particularly in the governance of pandemic-scale zoonotic infectious disease threats. However, the policy challenges of integrating public health and animal health priorities in the context of tra...

journal_title：Health policy and planning

authors： Mwacalimba KK,Green J

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00