Health and Poverty

Two-tier charging in Maputo central hospital : costs, revenues and effects on equity of access to hospital services

McPake, Barbara and Hongoro, Charles and Russo, Giuliano | 2011
  • Author(s): McPake, Barbara and Hongoro, Charles and Russo, Giuliano
  • Publisher: BioMed central
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: health economics, health policy, public health
This study analysed expenditures, outputs and costs for the Maputo Central Hospital and its Special Clinic with the objective of identifying net resource flows between a system operating two-tier charging, and understanding whether public hospitals can benefit from running Special Clinic operations.

Removing user fees in the health sector in low-income countries : a multi-country review

Meessen, Bruno | 2009
  • Author(s): Meessen, Bruno
  • Publisher: United nations children's fund (UNICEF)
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: health economics, health policy, public health, burkina faso, burundi, ghana, liberia, senegal, uganda
This study, commissioned by UNICEF, reviews the experience of the removal of user fees for services targeting children and pregnant women in six sub-Saharan African countries.

Removing user fees in the health sector in low-income countries : a policy guidance note for programme managers

Meessen, Bruno | 2009
  • Author(s): Meessen, Bruno
  • Publisher: United nations children's fund (UNICEF)
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: health economics, health policy, public health
The purpose of this policy note is to provide programme managers from the Ministry of Health and from bilateral and multi-lateral agencies with the necessary guidance in the formulation and implementation of user fee removal policies.

Can public hospitals be pro-poor? : the health equity fund experience in Cambodia

Meessen, Bruno | 2008
  • Author(s): Meessen, Bruno
  • Publisher: University of Sussex. Institute of development studies (IDS). Povill]
  • Pages: 469--490
  • Keywords: health care delivery, hospitals, health economics, poverty, cambodia
This study assesses the extent to which health equity funds could improve access by the poor to public hospitals. The study reports the results of a benefit-incidence analysis carried out in six rural hospitals in Cambodia.

Improving health and education service delivery in India through public-private partnerships

Mehta, Anouj and Bhatia, Aparna and Chatterjee, Ameeta | 2010
  • Author(s): Mehta, Anouj and Bhatia, Aparna and Chatterjee, Ameeta
  • Publisher: Asian development bank (ADB) [etc.]
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: health economics, health care delivery, health policy, india
This study has produced some preliminary models as possible PPP solutions for specific health and education sector challenges in India based on a rapid assessment of on-ground challenges and on discussions with several state government officials.
 

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This portal contains information on health (system) policies and practices to improve equity in the health sector and contribute to poverty reduction in low- and middle-income countries. The portal is part of a wider programme, Information for Health Action (I4HA).