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Global health worker salary estimates: an econometric analysis of global earnings data
Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation, 2018 Background Human resources are consistently cited as a leading contributor to health care costs; however the availability of internationally comparable data on health worker earnings for all countries is a challenge for estimating the costs of health ...
Juliana Serje +3 more
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Inequalities in Health Status from EQ-5D Findings: A Cross-Sectional Study in Low-Income Communities of Bangladesh [PDF]
International Journal of Health Policy and Management, 2016 Background Measuring health status by using standardized and validated instrument has become a growing concern over the past few decades throughout the developed and developing countries.
Marufa Sultana +8 more
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Redistribution and the health financing transition
Journal of Global Health, 2021 Public financing is necessary for realizing universal health coverage (UHC), a policy commitment that emphasizes that everyone should have access to health services they need, of sufficient quality to be effective, and that the use of these services does not expose individuals to financial hardship.
Tandon, Ajay, Reddy, K Srinath
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Prevalence and associated determinants of malaria parasites among Kenyan children
Tropical Medicine and Health, 2017 Background Approximately 80% of deaths attributed to malaria worldwide occurred mainly in Africa in 2015. Kenya is one of the major malaria endemic countries, making malaria the leading public health concern in this country.
Marufa Sultana +5 more
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, 2023 This dissertation studies how financial and health shocks affect people’s economic behavior and well-being. The first chapter shows that corporate financial frictions can worsen employee mental health by increasing job insecurity. The chapter uses data on antidepressant use among employees of firms that faced different degrees of difficulty in ...
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Global Health Research and Policy, 2018 Background The pursuit of efficiency and productivity is one of the goals of health systems. In the era of Sustainable Development Goals and particularly the move towards universal health coverage, it is imperative to curb wastage of resources to ensure ...
Maysoun Dimachkie Masri, Eyob Zere Asbu
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Health Services Research & Managerial Epidemiology, 2018 Introduction: Utilization of recommended antenatal care (ANC) throughout the pregnancy period is a proven healthy behavior in reducing maternal mortalities and morbidities.
Nausad Ali +6 more
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The Lancet Global Health, 2017 Background: The ambitious development agenda of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) requires substantial investments across several sectors, including for SDG 3 (healthy lives and wellbeing).
Karin Stenberg, MSc +10 more
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Health Policy Open, 2023 This study discusses findings from comparative case studies of the governance of health services purchasing agencies in 10 eastern European and central Asian countries established over the past 30 years, and the relationship between governance attributes,
Loraine Hawkins +3 more
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Unaffordability of COVID-19 tests: assessing age-related inequalities in 83 countries
International Journal for Equity in Health, 2022 Background Diagnostic testing for SARS-CoV-2 is critical to manage the pandemic and its different waves. The requirement to pay out-of-pocket (OOP) for testing potentially represents both a financial barrier to access and, for those who manage to make ...
Gabriela Flores +3 more
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