Jurgens, Esther and Pas, Remco van de | 2009
- Author(s): Jurgens, Esther and Pas, Remco van de
- Publisher: Wemos foundation
- Pages: --
- Keywords: health personnel, health care delivery, poverty
This briefing paper describes joint action that can be taken to address the push-factors in developing countries and the pull-factors in the west around migration of health workers from rural to urban areas and from the public to the private sector. It presents several strategies to work on.
Jütting, Johannes | 2009
- Author(s): Jütting, Johannes
- Publisher: International food policy research institute (IFPRI)
- Pages: --
- Keywords: health economics, health insurance, poverty, senegal
This brief looks at community-based health insurance (CBHI) models. A CBHI scheme is essentially any program run by a community-based organization that pools risk to cover healthcare costs. CBHI schemes have the potential to solve many of the problems associated with insuring the poor.
Jütting, Johannes | 2003
- Author(s): Jütting, Johannes
- Publisher: [Organisation for economic co-operation and development] (OECD)
- Pages: --
- Keywords: health economics, health insurance, senegal
This paper discusses a study on community-based health insurance schemes in rural Senegal and identifies the factors explaining participation in these schemes.
Jütting, Johannes P. | 2004
- Author(s): Jütting, Johannes P.
- Publisher:
- Pages: 273--288
- Keywords: health insurance, community participation, health services, use studies, rural areas, senegal
This paper analyses whether rural Senegal members of a health insurance scheme are actually better-off than non-members. The results show that in poor environments, insurance programs can work and that, while the schemes achieved to attract poor people, the poorest of the poor remained excluded.
Jütting, Johannes Paul | 2001
- Author(s): Jütting, Johannes Paul
- Publisher: World bank
- Pages: --
- Keywords: health insurance, senegal
This paper analyzes whether or not members in a mutual health insurance scheme have better access to health care than nonmembers. The case of rural Senegal has been chosen.