Tag: health economics
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Basing care reforms on evidence : the Kenya health sector costing model
Abstract: The Ministry of Health of Kenya in cooperation with its development partners conducted a comprehensive costing exercise and subsequently developed the Kenya Health Sector Costing Model in order to fill this data gap. This article discusses this study. Author(s): Flessa, Steffen Source(s): , BMC Health services research; vol. 11, no. 128 41 p., ill.,…
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Strategies for coping with the costs of inpatient care : a mixed methods study of urban and rural poor in Vadodara district, Gujarat, India
Abstract: This study aims to explore and compare mechanisms employed by the urban and rural poor for coping with inpatient expenditures, in order to help identify formal mechanisms and policies to provide improved social protection for health care. Author(s): Ranson, Michael Kent; Jayaswal, Rupal; Mills, Anne J. Source(s): , Health policy and planning 13 p.,…
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Yes Africa can : success stories from a dynamic continent
Abstract: This book with success stories from Africa contains two chapters on different aspects of local governance from Sierra Leone (post-conflict recontruction) and Rwanda (health financing). Author(s): Chuhan-Pole, Punam; Angwafo, Manka Source(s): , xiii, 477 p., ill., graphs, maps, tabs Published: 2011 World bank, Washington, DC (English ISBN/ISSN: 978-0-8213-8746-7/ Link: http://dx.doi.org/10.1596/978-0-8213-8745-0