Southeast Asia, a vibrant region that has recently undergone unprecedented economic
development, is regarded as a global hotspot for the emergence and spread of antimicrobial …

Background Detailed assessments of mortality patterns, particularly age-specific mortality,
represent a crucial input that enables health systems to target interventions to specific …

Background An adequate amount of prepaid resources for health is important to ensure
access to health services and for the pursuit of universal health coverage. Previous studies …

A broad-ranging introduction to the provision, funding and governance of health care across
a variety of systems. This revised fifth edition incorporates additional material on low/middle …

Background The amount of resources, particularly prepaid resources, available for health
can affect access to health care and health outcomes. Although health spending tends to …

Introduction The sustainability of healthcare interventions and change programmes is of
increasing importance to researchers and healthcare stakeholders interested in creating …

Background Most people with stroke in India have no access to organised rehabilitation
services. The effectiveness of training family members to provide stroke rehabilitation is …

When cost-effective interventions are unaffordable: Integrating cost-effectiveness and
budget impact in priority setting for global health programs | PLOS Medicine Skip to main …

We explore the correlation between disease specific estimates of economic losses and the
burden of disease. This is based on data for Norway in 2013 from the Global Burden of …

Importance Vision loss is the third most common impairment worldwide. Although cost-
effective interventions are available for preventing or curing most causes of vision loss …