News from the AALS Section on Law, Medicine and Health Care
This post was originally published on this siteFriday, October 30, 2015 News from the AALS Section on Law, Medicine and Health Care The AALS Section…
October 2015
A Tech Revolution Is Quietly Taking Place In Healthcare
This post was originally published on this site By Dr. Merrill Matthews and Anand K. Iyer While policymakers, and the country, struggle over challenges facing…
The experience of purchaser-provider split in the implementation of family physician and rural health insurance in Iran: an institutional approach
This post was originally published on this siteBackground The Iranian health system, under the banner of family physician (FP) programme, has undergone substantial reforms to…
Use of health care among febrile children from urban poor households in Senegal: does the neighbourhood have an impact?
This post was originally published on this siteUrban malaria is considered a major public health problem in Africa. The malaria vector is well adapted in…
Performance-based financing in the context of selective free health-care: an evaluation of its effects on the use of primary health-care services in Burundi using routine data
This post was originally published on this siteBackground Performance-based financing (PBF) is an increasingly adopted strategy in low- and middle-income countries. PBF pilot projects started…
Engaging for-profit providers in TB control: lessons learnt from initiatives in South Asia
This post was originally published on this siteThere has been a huge expansion in the private health-care sector over the past two decades, particularly in…
Societal determination of usefulness and utilization wishes of community health services: a population-based survey in Wuhan city, China
This post was originally published on this siteBackground As a developing country with the world’s largest population in a state of economic transition, reforms to…
Does harmonization of payment mechanisms enhance equitable health outcomes in delivery of emergency medical services in Thailand?
This post was originally published on this siteThere are different reimbursement rates by the various insurance schemes in Thailand, which include the Universal Coverage scheme…
Assessing the pro-poor effect of different contracting schemes for health services on health facilities in rural Afghanistan
This post was originally published on this siteBackground Despite progress in improving health outcomes in Afghanistan by contracting public health services through non-governmental organizations (NGOs),…
Dropping out of Ethiopia’s community-based health insurance scheme
This post was originally published on this siteLow contract renewal rates have been identified as one of the challenges facing the development of community-based health…