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The operations of the free maternal care policy and out of pocket payments during childbirth in rural Northern Ghana
Dalinjong, Philip Ayizem; Wang, Alex Y.; Homer, … - In: Health economics review 7 (2017) 41, pp. 1-6
Background: To promote skilled attendance at births and reduce maternal deaths, the government of Ghana introduced the … during childbirth in one rural and poor area of Northern Ghana; the Kassena-Nankana municipality. Costs were taken from the …
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Design and implementation of community engagement interventions towards healthcare quality improvement in Ghana: a methodological approach
Alhassan, Robert Kaba; Nketiah-Amponsah, Edward; … - In: Health economics review 6 (2016) 49, pp. 1-13
/community participation in healthcare, not much has been achieved in this regard particularly in resource constrained countries like Ghana … Western regions of Ghana. Community groups (n = 52) were purposively recruited and engaged to assess non-technical components …
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An assessment of out of pocket payments in public sector health facilities under the free maternal healthcare policy in Ghana
Kumbeni, Maxwell Tii; Afaya, Agani; Apanga, Paschal Awingura - In: Health economics review 13 (2023) 1, pp. 1-13
Objectives To optimise planning of public health services, the impact of high-cost users needs to be considered. However, most of the existing statistical models for costs do not include many clinical and social variables from administrative data that are associated with elevated health care...
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Free health care for under-fives, expectant and recent mothers? : evaluating the impact of Sierra Leone’s free health care initiative
Edoka, Ijeoma; Ensor, Tim; McPake, Barbara; Amara, Rogers; … - In: Health economics review 6 (2016) 19, pp. 1-15
mothers as well as the impact on curative health care services and out-of-pocket payments for consultation and prescription in … before-after estimation approach, adjusted for time trends in the case of expectant and recent mothers. Our results suggest … higher among non-eligible children while in expectant and recent mothers, we find substantial but possibly transient …
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Out-of-pocket payments in the context of a free maternal health care policy in Burkina Faso : a national cross-sectional survey
Meda, Ivlabèhiré Bertrand; Baguiya, Adama; Ridde, Valéry - In: Health economics review 9 (2019) 11, pp. 1-14
Background: In April 2016, Burkina Faso introduced a free health care policy for women. Instead of reimbursing health facilities, as many sub-Saharan countries do, the government paid them prospectively for covered services to avoid reimbursement delays, which are cited as a reason for the...
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Out-of-pocket expenditure on maternity care for hospital births in Uttar Pradesh, India
Goli, Srinivas; Rammohan, Anu; Moradhvaj - In: Health economics review 8 (2018) 5, pp. 1-16
Background and Objective: The studies measured Out-of-Pocket Expenditure (OOPE) for hospital births previously suffer from serious data limitations. To overcome such limitations, we designed a hospital-based study for measuring the levels and factors of OOPE on maternity care for hospital births...
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Estimating cost-effectiveness in public health : a summary of modelling and valuation methods
Marsh, Kevin; Phillips, Ceri; Fordham, Richard; … - In: Health economics review 2 (2012) 17, pp. 1-6
It is acknowledged that economic evaluation methods as they have been developed for Health Technology Assessment do not capture all the costs and benefits relevant to the assessment of public health interventions. This paper reviews methods that could be employed to measure and value the broader...
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The cost-utility of early use of high-flow nasal cannula in bronchiolitis
Buendía, Jefferson Antonio; Acuña-Cordero, Ranniery; … - In: Health economics review 11 (2021) 1, pp. 1-8
Background: High-flow nasal cannula (HFNC) oxygen is a non-invasive ventilation system that was introduced as an alternative to CPAP (continuous positive airway pressure), with a marked increase in its use in pediatric care settings. This study aimed to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of early...
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Information, regulation and coordination : realist analysis of the efforts of community health committees to limit informal health care providers in Nigeria
Abimbola, Seye; Ogunsina, Kemi; Charles-Okoli, Augustina N. - In: Health economics review 6 (2016) 51, pp. 1-16
One of the consequences of ineffective governments is that they leave space for unlicensed and unregulated informal providers without formal training to deliver a large proportion of health services. Without institutions that facilitate appropriate health care transactions, patients tend to...
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Out-of-pocket expenditure and catastrophic health spending on maternal care in public and private health centres in India : a comparative study of pre and post national health miss...
Mohanty, Sanjay; Kastor, Anshul - In: Health economics review 7 (2017) 31, pp. 1-15
Background: The National Health Mission (NHM), one of the largest publicly funded maternal health programs worldwide was initiated in 2005 to reduce maternal, neo-natal and infant mortality and out-of-pocket expenditure (OOPE) on maternal care in India. Though evidence suggests improvement in...
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