Rural transportation infrastructure in low-and middle-income countries: a review of impacts, implications, and interventions

N Kaiser, CK Barstow - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
The rural transport infrastructure sector is a critical force for sustainable development that is
interwoven with many other sectors. Rural transportation is an underlying driver of many of …

Evaluating the effect of hierarchical medical system on health seeking behavior: a difference-in-differences analysis in China

Z Zhou, Y Zhao, C Shen, S Lai, R Nawaz… - Social Science & Medicine, 2021 - Elsevier
The unbalanced allocation of healthcare resources and the underutilization of primary care
facilities are the core problems that restrict the current healthcare reforms in China. In order …

Bypassing primary care facilities: health-seeking behavior of middle age and older adults in China

C Li, Z Chen, MM Khan - BMC health services research, 2021 - Springer
Background With economic development, aging of the population, improved insurance
coverage, and the absence of a formal referral system, bypassing primary healthcare …

Leveraging big data for improving the estimation of close to reality travel time to obstetric emergency services in urban low-and middle-income settings

A Banke-Thomas, PM Macharia, PT Makanga… - Frontiers in public …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Maternal and perinatal mortality remain huge challenges globally, particularly in low-and
middle-income countries (LMICs) where> 98% of these deaths occur. Emergency obstetric …

Improving geographical accessibility modeling for operational use by local health actors

FA Ihantamalala, V Herbreteau, C Révillion… - International journal of …, 2020 - Springer
Background Geographical accessibility to health facilities remains one of the main barriers
to access care in rural areas of the developing world. Although methods and tools exist to …

Bypassing primary healthcare facilities for maternal healthcare in North West Ghana: socio-economic correlates and financial implications

VA Amoro, GA Abiiro, KA Alatinga - BMC Health Services Research, 2021 - Springer
Background Bypassing primary health care (PHC) facilities for maternal health care is an
increasing phenomenon. In Ghana, however, there is a dearth of systematic evidence on …

[HTML][HTML] Voting with their feet: primary care provider choice and its implications for public sector primary care services in India

KD Rao, A Mehta, C Noonan, MA Peters… - Social Science & Medicine, 2024 - Elsevier
Expanding networks of government primary health centers (PHCs) to bring health services
closer to communities is a longstanding policy objective in LMICs. In pluralistic health …

Modelling geographical accessibility to support disaster response and rehabilitation of a healthcare system: an impact analysis of Cyclones Idai and Kenneth in …

F Hierink, N Rodrigues, M Muñiz, R Panciera, N Ray - BMJ open, 2020 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objectives Modelling and assessing the loss of geographical accessibility is key to support
disaster response and rehabilitation of the healthcare system. The aim of this study was …

[HTML][HTML] Bypassing primary anti-retroviral therapy facilities in Sub-Saharan Africa: An integrative review of the theoretical and empirical literature.

MK Domapielle, SZ Abugbila, M Kala - Journal of Virus Eradication, 2024 - Elsevier
The uptake of antiretroviral therapy (ART) is critical to meeting the global HIV treatment goal
of 95-95-95 by 2025. Although a few Sub-Saharan African countries have already achieved …

Self-referral and associated factors among patients attending adult outpatient departments in Debre tabor general hospital, North West Ethiopia

TM Abere, DD Atnafu, Y Mulu - BMC health services research, 2021 - Springer
Background Self-referral leads to diminished quality of health care service; increase
resource depletion and poorer patient outcomes. However, a significant number of patients …