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Ayushman Bharat-National Health Protection Mission a Way Towards Universal Health Cover by Reaching the Bottom of the Pyramid to Be a Game Changer or Non-Starter
Pareek, Manoj - 2018
Affordable and quality healthcare has not reached to majority of Indians after 70 years of independence. Only 25% of Indian population is insured under both private health insurance and government run insurance schemes. To address this issue the government had set up High Level Expert group in...
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Factors contributing to differences in unmet healthcare needs among vietnamese older persons between pre- and post-covid-19 pandemic periods: evidence from national surveys
Thuy Tien Ngoc Doan; Long Thanh Giang - 2024
Unmet healthcare needs refer to the situation when individuals fail to use healthcare services identified as a necessity to avoid any health consequences. The COVID-19 pandemic imposed additional challenges for older persons in addressing their healthcare needs, especially in the context of...
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Do behavioral drivers matter for healthcare decision-making in times of Crisis? : a study of low-income women in El Salvador during the COVID-19 pandemic
Bernal, Pedro; Daga, Giuliana; Kossuth, Lajos; López … - 2023
healthcare decisions among low-income women in El Salvador. We find positive associations between 'internal locus of control and …
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Do Patients Value High-Quality Medical Care? Experimental Evidence from Malaria Diagnosis and Treatment
López, Carolina; Sautmann, Anja; Schaner, Simone - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024
Can information about the value of diagnostic tests improve provider practice and help patients recognize higher … quality of care? In a randomized experiment at public clinics in Mali, health providers and patients received tailored … information about the importance of rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) for malaria. The provider training increased provider reliance …
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Discrimination in Healthcare : A Field Experiment with Pakistan’s Transgender Community
Ahmad, Husnain Fateh; Banuri, Sheheryar; Bokhari, … - 2021
Transgender individuals face high levels of discrimination including in healthcare. Lack of adequate legal protections can exacerbate the problem in developing countries. At the same time, low-cost private clinics can mitigate discriminatory practices due to the costs of discrimination. We...
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Digital access to healthcare services and healthcare utilization: a quasi-experiment
Antinyan, Armenak; Bellio, Stefania; Bertoni, Marco; … - 2021
find that, when they cancel their appointment online, women are more likely to share information about their screening …An Italian region introduced a web portal allowing women to manage online their appointment in the public cervical … cancer screening program, besides the standard possibility of doing it via phone. We report quasi-experimental evidence on …
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An ounce of prevention for a pound of cure : basic health care and efficiency in health systems
Bancalari, Antonella; Bernal, Pedro; Celhay, Pablo A.; … - 2024
We examine the efficiency gains in health systems generated after the national roll out of basic healthcare in El Salvador between 2010 and 2013. Using data from over 120 million consultations and five million hospitalizations, we demonstrate that the expansion of community health teams,...
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An ounce of prevention for a pound of cure : efficiency of community-based healthcare
Antonella Bancalari, Antonella; Bernal, Pedro; Celhay, … - 2023
We study the efficiency in health systems generated by community health teams, a common strategy in low- and middle-income countries for primary healthcare delivery. We exploit the rollout of a nation-wide expansion of coverage to this model in El Salvador. Using a panel dataset of...
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An Ounce of Prevention for a Pound of Cure : Efficiency of Community-Based Healthcare
Bancalari, Antonella; Bernal, Pedro; Celhay, Pablo; … - 2023
We study the efficiency in health systems generated by community health teams, a common strategy in low- and middle-income countries for primary healthcare delivery. We exploit the rollout of a nation-wide expansion of coverage to this model in El Salvador. Using a panel dataset of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014345561
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Innovation in Healthcare with a Focus on Cancer Care
Efthymiou - Egleton, Iris - Panagiota; Vozikis, Athanassios - 2021
reforms are presented, with a special focus on cancer care, novel therapies, and immunotherapies that boost or restore the …
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