This panel session will discuss the policy and methodological contributions of a set of case studies that have investigated experience in policy implementation. The seven case studies are drawn from a range of African and Asian settings, and examine the implementation of health care financing...

This paper presents a South African case study as a contribution to international debates about the policy challenges posed by health sector commercialisation. It shows that the South African health system was highly commercialised before 1994, and fragmented between the private sector, serving...

There is evidence to suggest the decline of trusting relationships in modern healthcare systems. The primary aim of this study was to investigate the role of trust in medical transactions in Thailand, using obstetric care as a tracer service. The paper proposes an explanatory framework of trust...