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A mixed methods study examining the impact of primary health care financing transitions on facility functioning and service delivery in Kenya: a study protocol [version 1; peer review: 1 approved, 2 approved with reservations]

Wellcome Open Research
Background Kenya has experienced several health financing changes that have implications for financing primary healthcare (PHC). These include transitions from funding by two key donors (the World Bank and the Danish International Development Agency ...
Jacinta Nzinga, Anita Musiega, Rose Nabi Deborah Karimi Muthuri, Ethan Wong, Peter Mugo, Wangari Ng’ang’a, Caitlin Mazzilli, Gillian Turner, Brittany Hagedorn, Nirmala Ravishankar, Anne Musuva, Felix Munene Murira, Edwine Barasa, Benjamin Tsofa   +13 more
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Hardship financing of healthcare among rural poor in Orissa, India

BMC Health Services Research, 2012
Background This study examines health-related "hardship financing" in order to get better insights on how poor households finance their out-of-pocket healthcare costs. We define hardship financing as having to borrow money with interest or to sell assets
Binnendijk Erika, Koren Ruth, Dror David M   +2 more
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Tracking Health Related Quality of Life From Diagnosis to Follow‐Up Among Australian Children With Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL) is one of the most treatable forms of paediatric cancer; however, there is a substantial burden of treatment‐related toxicities (TRTs). In addition, the long‐term changes in children's health‐related quality of life (HRQoL) due to toxic treatments are not well understood.
Clare Ghows, Clarissa E. Schilstra, Karen McCleary, Nancy E. Briggs, Rishi S. Kotecha, Richard De Abreu Lourenco, Shanti Ramachandran, Ruelleyn Cockcroft, Rachel Conyers, Siobhan Cross, Luciano Dalla‐Pozza, Peter Downie, Tamas Revesz, Michael Osborn, Frank Alvaro, Claire E. Wakefield, Glenn M. Marshall, Toby Trahair, Marion K. Mateos, Joanna E. Fardell   +19 more
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Can performance-based financing improve efficiency of health centers in Ethiopia? A Malmquist Productivity Index analysis

BMC Health Services Research
Introduction The Ethiopian government has introduced several healthcare financing reforms intending to improve efficiency. Piloting implementation of performance-based financing is one of these actions.
Mideksa Adugna, Girmaye Dinsa, Nelisiwe Khuzwayo   +2 more
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From oil reliance to financial resilience: have economic sanctions made OPEC countries’ healthcare financing independent from oil?

Cogent Business & Management
The OPEC governments mainly financed their budgets by relying on oil production, similar to many other governments globally. However, the world’s ongoing economic development, changes in countries’ political relationships, and exchange of sanctions could
Salem Al Mustanyir
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Preferences on Policy Options for Ensuring the Financial Sustainability of Healthcare Services in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Risk Management and Healthcare Policy, 2023
Najwa Ali Huraysi,1,2 Waleed M Kattan,1 Mohamed A Alqurashi,1 Bodour Ayman Fadel,1 Mohammed Khaled Al-Hanawi1,3 1Department of Health Services and Hospital Administration, Faculty of Economics and Administration, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi ...
Huraysi NA, Kattan WM, Alqurashi MA, Fadel BA, Al-Hanawi MK   +4 more
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Bridging the Gap in Neuroblastoma Care: Consensus‐Based Statements With Recommendations for Improved Patient and Caregiver Experiences

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Neuroblastoma's complex, heterogeneous biology poses significant diagnostic and therapeutic challenges, often requiring caregivers to absorb complex information and participate in time‐sensitive decisions. However, caregivers often feel unprepared to evaluate options.
Vickie Buenger, Joseph Bauer, Jennifer Diamond, Maggie Fader, Shae Hansen, Jacqueline M. Kraveka, Johanna Schoen, Amber Shearer, Dena Sherwood   +8 more
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PROBLEMS OF FINANCIAL PROVISION OF HEALTHCARE IN UKRAINE UNDER MARTIAL LAW

Клінічна та профілактична медицина
Introduction. Achieving universal health coverage and financial protection of the population is one of the key objectives of the Sustainable Development Goals.
Mykhailo D. Diachuk, Dmytro D. Diachuk, Oleg L. Zyukov   +2 more
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Sociodemographic Factors Associated With Later Stage at Diagnosis of Pediatric Germ Cell Tumors: A Report From Children's Oncology Group Registries ACCRN07 and APEC14B1

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Germ cell tumors (GCTs) often arise in the ovaries and testes (extracranial) but can also develop in the brain (intracranial). We examined the relationship of individual, family, and community‐level socioeconomic status (SES) with stage of disease at diagnosis in a cohort of pediatric patients with GCT from Children's Oncology Group
Heydon K. Kaddas, Judy Y. Ou, Todd Alonzo, Logan G. Spector, Negar Fallahazad, Emily Owens, Anne C. Kirchhoff, Adam L. Green   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Self-Rated Health Trajectories among Married Americans: Do Disparities Persist over 20 Years?

Journal of Aging Research, 2018
The purpose of this study is to understand self-rated health (SRH) trajectories by social location (race/ethnicity by gender by social class) among married individuals in the United States. We estimate multilevel models of SRH using six observations from
Terceira A. Berdahl, Julia McQuillan
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