Blaauw, D. | 2010
- Author(s): Blaauw, D.
- Publisher:
- Pages: 350--356
- Keywords: health personnel, health policy, rural areas, kenya, south africa, thailand
Discrete Choice Experiments can be designed to help policy-makers choose more effective interventions to address staff shortages in rural areas. Intervention packages tailored to local conditions are more likely to be effective than standardized global approaches.
Blas, Erik and Sivasankara Kurup, Anand | cop. 2010
- Author(s): Blas, Erik and Sivasankara Kurup, Anand
- Publisher: World health organization (WHO)
- Pages: --
- Keywords: public health, health policy, health programmes
This book is a collection of analyses of the social determinants of health that impact on specific health conditions and relative promising interventions to improve health equity.
Bloom, G. | 2009
- Author(s): Bloom, G.
- Publisher: Future health systems (FHS)
- Pages: --
- Keywords: medical care, essential drugs, health services, health economics, poverty
The marketization of health services has created opportunities and challenges for improving the performance of health systems in relation to poor people. It has produced easier access to drugs and some form of medical advice for those who can pay.
Bonu, Sekhar and Rani, Manju and Bishai, David | 2003
- Author(s): Bonu, Sekhar and Rani, Manju and Bishai, David
- Publisher:
- Pages: 370--382
- Keywords: health services, health economics, use studies, tanzania
This study uses data from the Tanzania Human Resources Development Survey (1994) on willingness to pay for desired quality of health care at lower-level health facilities to assess potential regressiveness of user fees.
Booysen, Adele and Hadyniak, Bartosz | 2010
- Author(s): Booysen, Adele and Hadyniak, Bartosz
- Publisher: Futures group
- Pages: --
- Keywords: health policy, maternal health services, family planning, india, kenya
A lesson learned from the policy processes is the need to tailor responses to the local context, especially the needs of the underserved populations. Using evidence is crucial for understanding the needs and barriers of these diverse groups to design appropriate policies and strategies.