Long, Qian | 2010
- Author(s): Long, Qian
- Publisher: BioMed central
- Pages: --
- Keywords: maternal health services, health insurance, rural areas, china
This study describes prenatal care use, content and costs of care in one county where prenatal care is included in the NCMS and two counties where it is not. It explores perceptions of stakeholders to understand the strengths and weaknesses of the approach in the context of rural China.
Lorenz, Nicolaus and Mpemba, Cyprian | 2005
- Author(s): Lorenz, Nicolaus and Mpemba, Cyprian
- Publisher: Swiss tropical institute. Swiss centre for international health
- Pages: --
- Keywords: health care delivery, poverty, tanzania
The objective of this study is among other things to provide an overview on the health situation in Tanzania, to assess improvements in public health service delivery and to comment on the perception of health services and equity in accessing health care.
Lu, Chunling | 2010
- Author(s): Lu, Chunling
- Publisher: The Lancet
- Pages: 1375--1387
- Keywords: health economics, health policy, health information, health statistics
This article presents a systematic analysis of all data sources available for government spending on health in developing countries as well as a description of trends in public financing of health.
Lucas, Henry and Bloom, Gerry | 2006]
- Author(s): Lucas, Henry and Bloom, Gerry
- Publisher: BRAC. Research and evaluation division (RED)
- Pages: --
- Keywords: health, diseases, households, poverty
This paper explores the multiple pathways by which health shocks can impact on the well-being of poor households and individuals.
Lufesi, Norman N. and Andrew, Marit and Aursnes, Ivar | 2007
- Author(s): Lufesi, Norman N. and Andrew, Marit and Aursnes, Ivar
- Publisher: BioMed central
- Pages: --
- Keywords: medical care, essential drugs, disease control, malawi
This study investigated the management of the drug supplies for common and life threatening diseases such as pneumonia and malaria in a random selection of health centres in Malawi.