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Health Facility Surveys : An Introduction

Lindelow, Magnus - 2017

Health facility surveys come in various guises. One dimension in which they vary is their motivation. Some seek to understand better links between households and providers. Others seek to understand better provider behavior and performance. Still others seek to understand the interrelationships...

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Equity and Public Governance in Health System Reform : Challenges and Opportunities for China

Brixi, Hana - 2017

Achieving the objective of China's current health system reform, namely equitable improvements in health outcomes, will …-national levels are not well aligned with China's national priorities. To address the weaknesses in equity and efficiency that … characterize China's health system and health outcomes, China's health system reform may require complementary reforms to improve …

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Progress Toward the Health Mdgs : Are the Poor Being Left Behind?

Wagstaff, Adam - 2017

This paper looks at differential progress on the health Millennium Development Goals between the poor and better-off within countries. The findings are based on original analysis of 235 Demographic and Health Surveys and Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys, spanning 64 developing countries over...

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The Impact of Health Insurance Schemes for the Informal Sector in Low- and Middle-Income Countries : A Systematic Review

Acharya, Arnab K. - 2017

This paper summarizes the literature on the impact of state subsidized or social health insurance schemes that have been offered, mostly on a voluntary basis, to the informal sector in low- and middle-income countries. A substantial number of papers provide estimations of average treatment on...

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Universal Health Coverage in the Philippines : Progress on Financial Protection Goals

Bredenkamp, Caryn - 2017

Providing protection against the financial risk of high out-of-pocket health spending is one of the main goals of the Philippines? health strategy. Yet, as this paper shows using eight household surveys, health spending increased by 150 percent (real) from 2000 to 2012, with the sharpest...

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Universal Health Care and Informal Labor Markets : The Case of Thailand

Wagstaff, Adam - 2017

This paper explores the possibility that universal health coverage may inadvertently result in distorted labor market choices, with workers preferring informal employment over formal employment, leading to negative effects on investment and growth, as well as reduced protection against...

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Governance in the Health Sector : A Strategy for Measuring Determinants and Performance

Savedoff, William D. - 2017

Many different strategies have been proposed to improve the delivery of health care services, from capacity building to establishing new payment mechanisms. Recent attention has also asked whether improvements in the way health care services are governed could make a difference. These approaches...

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Revisiting the National Innovation System in Developing Countries

Maloney, William F. - 2017

The paper argues that there is a greater commonality of approach between the National Innovation Systems approach and mainstream economic analysis than is often asserted, and that a better dialogue between the two could strengthen both perspectives. To this end, the paper uses an off-the-shelf...

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Do Poor Countries Really Need More it? The Role of Relative Prices and Industrial Composition

Eden, Maya - 2017

Conventional wisdom suggests too little information and communication technologies (ICT) in poor countries. Indeed, within 70 countries at various levels of development, there is a positive relationship between income per capita and the capital share of ICT. While this regularity is consistent...

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Measuring Financial Protection in Health

Wagstaff, Adam - 2017

Health systems are not just about improving health: good ones also ensure that people are protected from the financial consequences of receiving medical care. Anecdotal evidence suggests health systems often perform badly in this respect, apparently with devastating consequences for households,...

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