Global health equity: cancer care outcome disparities in high-, middle-, and low-income countries

JA De Souza, B Hunt, FC Asirwa… - Journal of Clinical …, 2016 - ascopubs.org
Breakthroughs in our global fight against cancer have been achieved. However, this
progress has been unequal. In low-and middle-income countries and for specific …

To retain or remove user fees? Reflections on the current debate in low-and middle-income countries

CD James, K Hanson, B McPake… - … health economics and …, 2006 - Springer
Many low-and middle-income countries continue to search for better ways of financing their
health systems. Common to many of these systems are problems of inadequate resource …

Assessment of the design and implementation challenges of the National Health Insurance Scheme in Nigeria: a qualitative study among sub-national level actors …

GO Alawode, DA Adewole - BMC Public Health, 2021 - Springer
Background Health insurance is an important mechanism to prevent financial hardship in
the process of accessing health care. Since the launch of Nigeria's National Health …

Assessing the impoverishing effects, and factors associated with the incidence of catastrophic health care payments in Kenya

EW Barasa, T Maina, N Ravishankar - International journal for equity in …, 2017 - Springer
Background Monitoring the incidence and intensity of catastrophic health expenditure, as
well as the impoverishing effects of out of pocket costs to access healthcare, is a key part of …

[PDF][PDF] Universal coverage of health services: tailoring its implementation

G Carrin, I Mathauer, K Xu… - Bulletin of the World …, 2008 - SciELO Public Health
In 2005, the Member States of WHO adopted a resolution encouraging countries to develop
health financing systems capable of achieving and/or maintaining universal coverage of …

[图书][B] Social health insurance: a guidebook for planning

C Normand, A Weber, World Health Organization - 1994 - apps.who.int
Chapter 7 Organization of health services 7, 1| ntrOdUCțjOn 7.2 What is the most efficient
organizational and administrative structure for the service delivery system? 73 The balance …

[HTML][HTML] Examining the implementation of the free maternity services policy in Kenya: a mixed methods process evaluation

E Tama, S Molyneux, E Waweru, B Tsofa… - … journal of health …, 2018 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background: Kenya introduced a free maternity policy in 2013 to address the cost barrier
associated with accessing maternal health services. We carried out a mixed methods …

Determinants for participation in a public health insurance program among residents of urban slums in Nairobi, Kenya: results from a cross-sectional survey

JK Kimani, R Ettarh, C Kyobutungi, B Mberu… - BMC health services …, 2012 - Springer
Abstract Background The government of Kenya is making plans to implement a social health
insurance program by transforming the National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF) into a …

Determinants of health insurance ownership among women in Kenya: evidence from the 2008–09 Kenya demographic and health survey

JK Kimani, R Ettarh, C Warren, B Bellows - International journal for equity …, 2014 - Springer
Abstract Background The Government of Kenya is making plans to implement a social
health insurance program by transforming the National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF) into …

The political economy of universal health coverage: a systematic narrative review

SS Rizvi, R Douglas, OD Williams… - Health policy and …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
The uptake and implementation of universal health coverage (UHC) is primarily a political,
rather than a technical, exercise, with contested ideas and diverse stakeholders capable of …