The impacts of decentralization on health system equity, efficiency and resilience: a realist synthesis of the evidence

S Abimbola, L Baatiema, M Bigdeli - Health policy and planning, 2019 - academic.oup.com
One constant refrain in evaluations and reviews of decentralization is that the results are
mixed. But given that decentralization is a complex intervention or phenomenon, what is …

Frameworks to assess health systems governance: a systematic review

T Pyone, H Smith… - Health Policy and Planning, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Governance of the health system is a relatively new concept and there are gaps in
understanding what health system governance is and how it could be assessed. We …

Strengthening primary health-care services to help prevent and control long-term (chronic) non-communicable diseases in low-and middle-income countries

M Haque, T Islam, NAA Rahman… - … and healthcare policy, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
The prevalence of long-term (chronic) non-communicable diseases (NCDs) is increasing
globally due to an ageing global population, urbanization, changes in lifestyles, and …

Health system responsiveness: a systematic evidence mapping review of the global literature

G Khan, N Kagwanja, E Whyle, L Gilson… - International Journal for …, 2021 - Springer
Abstract Background The World Health Organisation framed responsiveness, fair financing
and equity as intrinsic goals of health systems. However, of the three, responsiveness …

How decentralisation influences the retention of primary health care workers in rural Nigeria

S Abimbola, T Olanipekun, U Igbokwe, J Negin… - Global health …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Background In Nigeria, the shortage of health workers is worst at the primary health care
(PHC) level, especially in rural communities. And the responsibility for PHC–usually the only …

[HTML][HTML] The COVID-19 system shock framework: capturing health system innovation during the COVID-19 pandemic

M Hodgins, D Van Leeuwen, J Braithwaite… - … journal of health …, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has resulted in over 2 million deaths
globally. The experience in Australia presents an opportunity to study contrasting responses …

Learning is a means to progress and empowerment for health systems

K Sheikh, D Peters, IA Agyepong, S Abimbola… - BMJ Global …, 2022 - gh.bmj.com
There is widespread consensus that learning is crucial for the performance of health
systems and the achievement of broader health goals. However, this consensus is not …

Institutional analysis of health system governance

S Abimbola, J Negin, AL Martiniuk… - Health Policy and …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
It is important that researchers who study health system governance have a set of collective
understandings of the meanings of governance, which can then inform the methods used in …

The medium, the message and the measure: a theory-driven review on the value of telehealth as a patient-facing digital health innovation

S Abimbola, S Keelan, M Everett, K Casburn… - Health economics …, 2019 - Springer
By what measure should a policy maker choose between two mediums that deliver the same
or similar message or service? Between, say, video consultation or a remote patient …

Access to routine immunization: a comparative analysis of supply-side disparities between Northern and Southern Nigeria

E Eboreime, S Abimbola, F Bozzani - PloS one, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Background The available data on routine immunization in Nigeria show a disparity in
coverage between Northern and Southern Nigeria, with the former performing worse. The …