Kachan, Valentina I. | 2011
- Author(s): Kachan, Valentina I.
- Publisher: BioMed central
- Pages: --
- Keywords: health economics, health programmes, disease control, aids, belarus
In 2008, Belarus implemented their first comprehensive National AIDS Spending Assessment of public, international and private HIV-related expenditures. Using the most recently available data, this paper describes HIV spending patterns in Belarus and their implications for future policy decisions.
Kakad, Meetali and Oxman, Andrew D. | 2006
- Author(s): Kakad, Meetali and Oxman, Andrew D.
- Publisher: World health organization (WHO)]. Alliance for health policy and systems research
- Pages: --
- Keywords: health information, health services research, poverty
This brief summarizes relevant evidence from systematic reviews. The aim is not to address all questions relevant, but rather to illustrate how systematic reviews can be used to inform decisions for key questions within each domain.
Kalk, Andreas and Kieselbach, Berit | 2009
- Author(s): Kalk, Andreas and Kieselbach, Berit
- Publisher: Medicus Mundi Schweiz (MMS)
- Pages: --
- Keywords: health economics, health services, poverty
The authors look at new initiatives in results-based health financing or paying for performance initiatives. It points out lessons learnt from past approaches and highlights potential pitfalls when transferring the approach from western industrial settings to health systems in developing countries.
Kamgnia, Bernadette Dia | 2008
- Author(s): Kamgnia, Bernadette Dia
- Publisher: African economic research consortium (AERC)
- Pages: --
- Keywords: health care delivery, health economics, poverty alleviation, cameroon
The study assessed Cameroonians’ participation in public health care services in order to grasp the distributional effects of those services.
Kamuzora, Peter and Gilson, Lucy | 2007
- Author(s): Kamuzora, Peter and Gilson, Lucy
- Publisher:
- Pages: 95--102
- Keywords: health economics, health insurance, health policy, tanzania
This paper reports the findings of a study that examined the factors influencing low enrolment in Tanzania's health prepayment schemes (Community Health Fund). The paper argues that district managers had a direct influence over the factors explaining low enrolment and identified in other studies.