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An Overview of Changing Agendas in Health Sector Reforms

open access: yesReproductive Health Matters, 2002
This paper discusses health sector reforms and what they have meant for sexual and reproductive health advocacy in low-income countries. Beginning in the late 1980s, it outlines the main macro-economic shifts and policy trends which affect countries dependent on external aid and the main health sector reforms taking place.
Hilary Standing
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Nursing leadership and health sector reform

Nursing Inquiry, 2001
Nursing leadership and health sector reformThe political, technological and economic changes that have occurred over the past decade are increasingly difficult to manage within the traditional framework of health‐care, and the organisation of health‐care is seen to need radical reform to sweep away many of the internal barriers that now divide one form
C, Borthwick, R, Galbally
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Towards an Analytical Approach to Health Sector Reform

Health Policy, 1995
An analytical approach to health sector reform requires definition of the objectives of the health sector. Although a multiplicity of objectives may be appealing, there are compelling analytical reasons for simplicity. It is argued that a health status maximization objective is a widely acceptable choice, which captures most of the important aspects of
Christopher J L Murray, C J Murray
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Reforming Health Sector Reform

2001
The previous chapter addressed both the capacity problems faced by those case study countries that had considered or introduced specific reforms, and how capacity might best be increased. It left largely unaddressed the fundamental question of the relevance of these reform measures to particular countries, and indeed the relevance of what is widely ...
Anne Mills   +6 more
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Health Sector Reform and the Interpretation of Policy Context

Health Policy, 1999
Health sector reform is on the policy agenda of national governments and international agencies. This paper focuses on the policy process of health sector reform and, more specifically, the policy context. The importance of understanding policy context is emphasised and the elements of policy context are discussed.
Charles Collins
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Public Health in Health Sector Reform

HealthcarePapers, 2013
In this edition of Healthcare Papers, Miller et al. make the case for greater engagement of the public health sector in healthcare system reform. Although I agree with many of the points made, I challenge the premise that public health is unwilling and/or unprepared to lead or participate in system change.
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Health Sector Reform in Argentina: A Cautionary Tale

Social Science & Medicine, 2005
In November 2002 the World Bank published a report on the Argentine health sector. The report accurately portrays the complexity and severity of the problems facing the health care system. It stresses that these problems are not purely a product of the country's economic collapse, noting that the system has suffered from long-standing structural ...
Peter Lloyd-Sherlock
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Health Sector Reform and Sexual and Reproductive Health Services in Mongolia

open access: yesReproductive Health Matters, 2006
Since its transition to democracy, Mongolia has undergone a series of reforms, both at national level and in the health sector. This paper examines the pace and scope of these reforms, the ways in which they have impacted on sexual and reproductive health services and their implications for the health workforce. Formerly pro-natalist, Mongolia has made
Peter S. Hill, Rebecca Dodd
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Health Sector Reforms and Health Poverty

Social Change, 2010
Health sector reforms associated with decentralization, contraction of public sector, service contracting, user fees, etc., influence health sector both from the demand side and the supply side. In the wake of decreasing public expenditure on health, it is necessary to find the other factors that could take care of the health status. This article is an
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