Berendes, Sima | 2011
- Author(s): Berendes, Sima
- Publisher: Public library of science (PLoS) medicine]
- Pages: --
- Keywords: health care delivery, health services, developing countries
This review systematically identified and summarised the results of studies that directly compare the quality of private providers and public services in relation to ambulatory health care in low and middle income countries.
Berkhout, Esmé and Oostingh, Harrie | 2008
- Author(s): Berkhout, Esmé and Oostingh, Harrie
- Publisher: Oxfam international
- Pages: --
- Keywords: health economics, health insurance, poverty, health services
This paper describes health insurance mechanisms and their success or failure to deliver health rights for people living in poverty. It shows that although health insurance can have a positive effect on access to health services, it can also pose a threat to equity and efficiency of health systems.
Bernard, Jubilate | 2009
- Author(s): Bernard, Jubilate
- Publisher: BioMed central
- Pages: --
- Keywords: health economics, health policy, health programmes, tanzania
This study aimed to identify how different insecticide-treated bed nets (ITN) strategies have resulted in equity and coverage of ITNs in a rural, malaria-endemic area.
Bernstein, Stan and Hansen, Charlotte Juul | 2006
- Author(s): Bernstein, Stan and Hansen, Charlotte Juul
- Publisher: UN millennium project
- Pages: --
- Keywords: reproductive health, sexually transmitted diseases, maternal and child health, human rights, disease prevention, aids, malaria, health care delivery
This report elaborates some of the relationships, strategies for action and contexts that have advanced or impeded progress on sexual and reproductive health (SRH), and comes up with recommendations on what needs to be done to improve SRH as part of a strategy for human development.
Bhattacharyya, Onil | 2010
- Author(s): Bhattacharyya, Onil
- Publisher: BioMed central
- Pages: --
- Keywords: health services, health policy, health economics, private sector
This study characterized 10 high-profile private sector innovators which have improved health services for the poor, reviewed their strategies and found several trends across the organizations. This review found relatively little rigorous information on quality of care.