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The impact of digital interventions on health insurance coverage for reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health services in Kakamega, Kenya: a cluster randomized controlled trial. 数字干预对肯尼亚卡卡梅加生殖、孕产妇、新生儿和儿童健康服务医疗保险覆盖面的影响:分组随机对照试验。
IF 2.9 3区 医学
Health policy and planning Pub Date : 2024-08-24 DOI: 10.1093/heapol/czae079
Amanuel Abajobir, Richard de Groot, Caroline Wainaina, Menno Pradhan, Wendy Janssens, Estelle M Sidze
{"title":"The impact of digital interventions on health insurance coverage for reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health services in Kakamega, Kenya: a cluster randomized controlled trial.","authors":"Amanuel Abajobir, Richard de Groot, Caroline Wainaina, Menno Pradhan, Wendy Janssens, Estelle M Sidze","doi":"10.1093/heapol/czae079","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/heapol/czae079","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF) of Kenya was upgraded to improve access to healthcare for impoverished households, expand universal health coverage (UHC), and boost the uptake of essential reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health (RMNCH) services. However, premiums may be unaffordable for the poorest households. The Innovative Partnership for Universal Sustainable Healthcare (i-PUSH) program targets low-income women and their households to improve their access to and utilization of quality healthcare, including RMNCH services, by providing subsidized, mobile phone-based NHIF coverage in combination with enhanced, digital training of community health volunteers (CHVs) and upgrading of health facilities. This study evaluated whether expanded NHIF coverage increased the accessibility and utilization of quality basic RMNCH services in areas where i-PUSH was implemented using a longitudinal cluster randomized controlled trial in Kakamega, Kenya. A total of 24 pair-matched villages were randomly assigned either to the treatment or the control group. Within each village, 10 eligible households (i.e., with a woman aged 15-49 years who was either pregnant or with a child below 4 years) were randomly selected. The study applied a Difference-in-Difference methodology based on a pooled cross-sectional analysis of baseline, midline and endline data, with robustness checks based on balanced panels and ANCOVA methods. The analysis sample included 346 women, of whom 248 had had a live birth in the 3 years prior to any of the surveys, and 424 children aged 0-59 months. Improved NHIF coverage did not have a statistically significant impact on any of the RMNCH outcome indicators at midline nor endline. Uptake of RMNCH services, however, improved substantially in both control and treatment areas at endline compared to baseline. For instance, significant increases were observed in the number of antenatal care visits from baseline to midline (mean = 2.62 to 2.92) p < 0.01) and delivery with a skilled birth attendant from baseline to midline (mean = 0.91 to 0.97 (p < 0.01). Expanded NHIF coverage, providing enhanced access to RMNCH services of unlimited duration at both public and private facilities, did not result in an increased uptake of care, in a context where access to basic public RMNCH services was already widespread. However, the positive overall trend in RMNCH utilization indicators, in a period of constrained access due to the COVID-19 pandemic, suggests that the other components of the i-PUSH program may have been beneficial. Further research is needed to better understand how the provision of insurance, enhanced CHV training and improved healthcare quality interact to ensure pregnant women and young children can make full use of the continuum of care.</p>","PeriodicalId":12926,"journal":{"name":"Health policy and planning","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2024-08-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142055413","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Stakeholder Perspectives on the Governance and Accountability of Nigeria's Basic Healthcare Provision Fund. 利益相关者对尼日利亚基本医疗保障基金的管理和问责制的看法。
IF 2.9 3区 医学
Health policy and planning Pub Date : 2024-08-24 DOI: 10.1093/heapol/czae082
Mary I Adeoye, Felix A Obi, Emily R Adrion
{"title":"Stakeholder Perspectives on the Governance and Accountability of Nigeria's Basic Healthcare Provision Fund.","authors":"Mary I Adeoye, Felix A Obi, Emily R Adrion","doi":"10.1093/heapol/czae082","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/heapol/czae082","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In recent decades, Nigeria has implemented a number of health financing reforms, yet progress toward Universal Health Coverage (UHC) has remained slow. In particular, the introduction of the Basic Health Care Provision Fund (BHCPF) through the National Health Act of 2014 sought to increase coverage of basic health services in Nigeria. However, recent studies have shown that health financing schemes like the BHCPF in Nigeria are suboptimal and have frequently attributed this to weak accountability and governance of the schemes. However, little is known about accountability and governance of health financing in Nigeria, particularly from the perspective of key actors within the system. This study explores perceptions around governance and accountability through qualitative, in-depth interviews with key BHCPF actors including high-level government officers, academics and Civil Society Organisations. Thematic analysis of the findings reveals broad views among respondents that financial processes are appropriately ring-fenced, and that financial mismanagement is not the most pressing accountability gap. Importantly, respondents report that accountability processes are unclear and weak in subnational service delivery, and cite low utilisation, implicit priority-setting, and poor quality as issues. To accelerate UHC progress, the accountability framework must be redesigned to include greater strategic participation and leadership from subnational governments.</p>","PeriodicalId":12926,"journal":{"name":"Health policy and planning","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2024-08-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142055411","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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A review of climate change and cardiovascular diseases in the Indian policy context. 印度政策背景下的气候变化与心血管疾病回顾。
IF 2.9 3区 医学
Health policy and planning Pub Date : 2024-08-24 DOI: 10.1093/heapol/czae076
Shreya S Shrikhande, Ravivarman Lakshmanasamy, Martin Röösli, Mohammad Aqiel Dalvie, Jürg Utzinger, Guéladio Cissé
{"title":"A review of climate change and cardiovascular diseases in the Indian policy context.","authors":"Shreya S Shrikhande, Ravivarman Lakshmanasamy, Martin Röösli, Mohammad Aqiel Dalvie, Jürg Utzinger, Guéladio Cissé","doi":"10.1093/heapol/czae076","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/heapol/czae076","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>There is growing evidence that climate change adversely affects human health. Multiple diseases are sensitive to climate change, including cardiovascular diseases (CVDs), which are also the leading cause of death globally. Countries such as India face a compounded challenge, with a growing burden of CVDs and a high vulnerability to climate change, requiring a co-ordinated, multi-sectoral response. In this framework synthesis, we analysed whether and how CVDs are addressed with respect to climate change in the Indian policy space. We identified 10 relevant national-level policies, which were analysed using the framework method. Our analytical framework consisted of four themes: (i) political commitment; (ii) health information systems; (iii) capacity building; and (iv) cross-sectoral actions. Additionally, we analysed a subset of these policies and 29 state-level climate change and health action plans using content analysis to identify health priorities. Our analyses revealed a political commitment in addressing the health impacts of climate change; however, CVDs were poorly contextualized with most of the efforts focusing on vector-borne and other communicable diseases, despite their recognized burden. Heat-related illnesses and cardiopulmonary diseases were also focused on but failed to encompass the most climate-sensitive aspects. CVDs are insufficiently addressed in the existing surveillance systems, despite being mentioned in several policies and interventions, including emergency preparedness in hospitals and cross-sectoral actions. CVDs are mentioned as a separate section in only a small number of state-level plans, several of which need an impetus to complete and include CVD-specific sections. We also found several climate-health policies for specific diseases, albeit not for CVDs. This study identified important gaps in India's disease-specific climate change response and might aid policy makers in strengthening future versions of these policies and boost research and context-specific interventions on climate change and CVDs.</p>","PeriodicalId":12926,"journal":{"name":"Health policy and planning","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2024-08-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142055408","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Closing the gap? Results-based financing and socioeconomic-related inequalities in maternal health outcomes in Zimbabwe. 缩小差距?津巴布韦孕产妇保健成果中基于结果的融资和与社会经济相关的不平等。
IF 2.9 3区 医学
Health policy and planning Pub Date : 2024-08-24 DOI: 10.1093/heapol/czae080
Marshall Makate, Nyasha Mahonye
{"title":"Closing the gap? Results-based financing and socioeconomic-related inequalities in maternal health outcomes in Zimbabwe.","authors":"Marshall Makate, Nyasha Mahonye","doi":"10.1093/heapol/czae080","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/heapol/czae080","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The results-based financing (RBF) program, first implemented in Zimbabwe in 2011 and gradually expanded to other districts, aimed to address disparities in maternal health outcomes by improving the utilisation of health services. This study leverages the staggered rollout of the program as a quasi-experimental design to assess its impact on asset wealth-related inequalities in selected maternal health outcomes. The objective is to determine whether RBF can effectively reduce these disparities and promote equitable healthcare access. We employ an extended two-way fixed effects (ETWFE) model to exploit temporal variation in RBF implementation as well as individual-level variation in birth timing for identification. Utilising pooled cross-sectional and nationally representative data from the Zimbabwe demographic and health surveys collected between 1999 and 2015, our analysis reveals significant reductions in relative and absolute maternal health inequalities, especially in the frequency and timing of prenatal care, delivery by caesarean section, and family planning. Specifically, the RBF program is associated with reductions in disparities for completing at least four or more prenatal care visits (-0.026, p < 0.01), first-trimester prenatal care (-0.033, p < 0.01), delivery by caesarean section (-0.028, p < 0.005), and family planning (-0.033, p < 0.005). Additionally, the program is associated with improved prenatal care quality, as evidenced by progress on the prenatal care quality index (-0.040, p < 0.01). These effects are more pronounced among lower socioeconomic groups in RBF districts, highlighting RBF's potential to promote equitable healthcare access. Our findings advocate for targeted policy interventions prioritising expanding access to critical maternal health services in underserved areas and incorporating equity-focused measures within RBF frameworks to ensure inclusive and effective healthcare delivery in Zimbabwe and other low-income countries.</p>","PeriodicalId":12926,"journal":{"name":"Health policy and planning","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2024-08-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142055409","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Gender-responsive monitoring and evaluation for health systems. 卫生系统促进性别平等的监测和评估。
IF 2.9 3区 医学
Health policy and planning Pub Date : 2024-08-21 DOI: 10.1093/heapol/czae073
Rosemary Morgan, Anna Kalbarczyk, Michele Decker, Shatha Elnakib, Tak Igusa, Amy Luo, Oladimeji Ayoyemi Toheeb, Milly Nakatabira, David H Peters, Indira Prihartono, Anju Malhotra
{"title":"Gender-responsive monitoring and evaluation for health systems.","authors":"Rosemary Morgan, Anna Kalbarczyk, Michele Decker, Shatha Elnakib, Tak Igusa, Amy Luo, Oladimeji Ayoyemi Toheeb, Milly Nakatabira, David H Peters, Indira Prihartono, Anju Malhotra","doi":"10.1093/heapol/czae073","DOIUrl":"10.1093/heapol/czae073","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Gender-responsive monitoring and evaluation (M&E) for health and health systems interventions and programs is vital to improve health, health systems, and gender equality outcomes. It can be used to identify and address gender disparities in program participation, outcomes, and benefits, as well as ensure that programs are designed and implemented in a way that is inclusive and accessible for all. While gender-responsive M&E is most effective when interventions and programs intentionally integrate a gender lens, it is relevant for all health systems programs and interventions. Within the literature, gender-responsive M&E is defined in different and diverse ways, making it difficult to operationalize. This is compounded by the complexity and multi-faceted nature of gender. Within this methodological musing, we present our evolving approach to gender-responsive M&E which we are operationalizing within the Monitoring for Gender and Equity (MAGE) project. We define gender-responsive M&E as intentionally integrating the needs, rights, preferences, and power relations among women and girls, men and boys, and gender minority individuals, as well as across social, political, economic, and health systems, in M&E processes. This is done through the integration of different types of gender data and indicators, including: sex or gender specific, sex or gender disaggregated, sex or gender specific/disaggregated which incorporate needs, rights and preferences, and gender power relations and systems indicators. Examples of each of these are included within the paper. Active approaches can also enhance the gender-responsiveness of any M&E activities, including incorporating an intersectional lens and tailoring the types of data and indicators included and processes used to the specific context. Incorporating gender into the programmatic cycle, including M&E, can lead to more fit-for-purpose, effective, and equitable programs and interventions. The framework presented in this paper provides an outline of how to do this, enabling the uptake of gender-responsive M&E.</p>","PeriodicalId":12926,"journal":{"name":"Health policy and planning","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2024-08-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142017242","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Unlocking the power of tobacco taxation to mitigate the social costs of smoking in Mexico: A microsimulation model. 释放烟草税收的力量,减轻墨西哥吸烟的社会成本:微观模拟模型。
IF 2.9 3区 医学
Health policy and planning Pub Date : 2024-08-09 DOI: 10.1093/heapol/czae068
Belen Saenz-de-Miera, Luz Myriam Reynales-Shigematsu, Alfredo Palacios, Ariel Bardach, Agustin Casarini, Natalia Espinola, Federico Rodriguez Cairoli, Andrea Alcaraz, Federico Augustovski, Andres Pichón-Riviere
{"title":"Unlocking the power of tobacco taxation to mitigate the social costs of smoking in Mexico: A microsimulation model.","authors":"Belen Saenz-de-Miera, Luz Myriam Reynales-Shigematsu, Alfredo Palacios, Ariel Bardach, Agustin Casarini, Natalia Espinola, Federico Rodriguez Cairoli, Andrea Alcaraz, Federico Augustovski, Andres Pichón-Riviere","doi":"10.1093/heapol/czae068","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/heapol/czae068","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Despite being the most cost-effective tobacco control policy, tobacco taxation is the least implemented of the WHO MPOWER package to reduce smoking worldwide. In Mexico, both smoking prevalence and taxation have remained stable for more than a decade. This study aims to provide evidence about the potential effects of taxation to reduce the burden of tobacco-related diseases and the main attributable social costs in Mexico, including informal (unpaid) care costs, which are frequently ignored. We employ a first-order Monte Carlo microsimulation model that follows hypothetical population cohorts considering the risks of an adverse health event and death. First, we estimate tobacco-attributable morbidity and mortality, direct medical costs, and indirect costs, such as labour productivity losses and informal care costs. Then, we assess the potential effects of a 50% cigarette price increase through taxation and two alternative scenarios of 25% and 75%. The inputs come from several sources, including national surveys and vital statistics. Each year, 63,000 premature deaths and 427,000 disease events are attributable to tobacco in Mexico, while social costs amount to MX$194.6 billion (US$8.5) -MX$116.2 (US$5.1) direct medical costs and MX$78.5 (US$3.4) indirect costs-, representing 0.8% of GDP. Current tobacco tax revenue barely covers 23.3% of these costs. Increasing cigarette prices through taxation by 50% could reduce premature deaths by 49,000 over the next decade, while direct and indirect costs averted would amount to MX$87.9 billion (US$3.8) and MX$67.6 billion (US$2.9), respectively. The benefits would far outweigh any potential loss even in a pessimistic scenario of increased illicit trade. Tobacco use imposes high social costs on the Mexican population, but tobacco taxation is a win-win policy both for gaining population health as well as reducing tobacco societal costs.</p>","PeriodicalId":12926,"journal":{"name":"Health policy and planning","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2024-08-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141909839","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Health care cost accounting in the Indian hospital sector. 印度医院部门的医疗成本核算。
IF 2.9 3区 医学
Health policy and planning Pub Date : 2024-08-08 DOI: 10.1093/heapol/czae040
Yashika Chugh, Shuchita Sharma, Abha Mehndiratta, Deepshikha Sharma, Basant Garg, Shankar Prinja, Lorna Guinness
{"title":"Health care cost accounting in the Indian hospital sector.","authors":"Yashika Chugh, Shuchita Sharma, Abha Mehndiratta, Deepshikha Sharma, Basant Garg, Shankar Prinja, Lorna Guinness","doi":"10.1093/heapol/czae040","DOIUrl":"10.1093/heapol/czae040","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Setting reimbursement rates in national insurance schemes requires robust cost data. Collecting provider-generated cost accounting information is a potential mechanism for improving the cost evidence. To inform strategies for obtaining cost data to set reimbursement rates, this analysis aims to describe the role of cost accounting in public and private health sectors in India and describe the importance, perceived barriers and facilitators to improving cost accounting systems. In-depth interviews were conducted with 11 key informants. The interview tool guide was informed by a review of published and grey literature and government websites. The interviews were recorded as both audio and video and transcribed. A thematic coding framework was developed for the analysis. Multiple discussions were held to add, delete, classify or merge the themes. The themes identified were as follows: the status of cost accounting in the Indian hospital sector, legal and regulatory requirements for cost reporting, challenges to implementing cost accounting and recommendations for improving cost reporting by health care providers. The findings indicate that the sector lacks maturity in cost accounting due to a lack of understanding of its benefits, limited capacity and weak enforcement of cost reporting regulations. Providers recognize the value of cost analysis for investment decisions but have mixed opinions on the willingness to gather and report cost information, citing resource constraints and a lack of trust in payers. Additionally, heterogeneity among providers will require tailored approaches in developing cost accounting reporting frameworks and regulations. Health care cost accounting systems in India are rudimentary with a few exceptions, raising questions about how to source these data sustainably. Strengthening cost accounting systems in India will require standardized data formats, integrated into existing data management systems, that both meet the needs of policy makers and are acceptable to hospital providers.</p>","PeriodicalId":12926,"journal":{"name":"Health policy and planning","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2024-08-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11308608/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141175052","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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The influence of crisis on policy formulation: the case of alcohol regulation in South Africa during COVID-19 (2020-21). 危机对政策制定的影响:COVID-19 期间(2020-2021 年)南非酒精管制的案例。
IF 2.9 3区 医学
Health policy and planning Pub Date : 2024-08-08 DOI: 10.1093/heapol/czae055
Mumta Hargovan, Leslie London, Marsha Orgill
{"title":"The influence of crisis on policy formulation: the case of alcohol regulation in South Africa during COVID-19 (2020-21).","authors":"Mumta Hargovan, Leslie London, Marsha Orgill","doi":"10.1093/heapol/czae055","DOIUrl":"10.1093/heapol/czae055","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study contributes to a neglected aspect of health policy analysis: policy formulation processes. Context is central to the policy cycle, yet the influence of crises on policy formulation is underrepresented in the health policy literature in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). This paper analyses a detailed case study of how the COVID-19 crisis influenced policy formulation processes for the regulation of alcohol in South Africa, as part of COVID-19 control measures, in 2020 and 2021. It provides a picture of the policy context, specifically considering the extent to which the crisis influenced the position and power of actors, and policy content. Qualitative data were collected from nine key informant interviews and 127 documents. Data were analysed using thematic content analysis. A policy formulation conceptual framework was applied as a lens to describe complex policy formulation processes. The study revealed that the perceived urgency of the pandemic prompted a heightened sense of awareness of alcohol-related trauma as a known, preventable threat to public health system capacity. This enabled a high degree of innovation among decision-makers in the generation of alternative alcohol policy content. Within the context of uncertainty, epistemic and experiential policy learning drove rapid, adaptive cycles of policy formulation, demonstrating the importance of historical and emerging public health evidence in crisis-driven decision-making. Within the context of centralization and limited opportunities for stakeholder participation, non-state actors mobilized to influence policy through the public arena. The paper concludes that crisis-driven policy formulation processes are shaped by abrupt redistributions of power among policy actors and the dynamic interplay of evolving economic, political and public health priorities. Understanding the complexity of the local policy context may allow actors to navigate opportunities for public health-oriented alcohol policy reforms in South Africa and other LMICs.</p>","PeriodicalId":12926,"journal":{"name":"Health policy and planning","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2024-08-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11308613/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141467558","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Human resource challenges in health systems: evidence from 10 African countries. 卫生系统的人力资源挑战:来自十个非洲国家的证据。
IF 2.9 3区 医学
Health policy and planning Pub Date : 2024-08-08 DOI: 10.1093/heapol/czae034
Ashley Sheffel, Kathryn G Andrews, Ruben Conner, Laura Di Giorgio, David K Evans, Roberta Gatti, Magnus Lindelow, Jigyasa Sharma, Jakob Svensson, Waly Wane, Anna Welander Tärneberg
{"title":"Human resource challenges in health systems: evidence from 10 African countries.","authors":"Ashley Sheffel, Kathryn G Andrews, Ruben Conner, Laura Di Giorgio, David K Evans, Roberta Gatti, Magnus Lindelow, Jigyasa Sharma, Jakob Svensson, Waly Wane, Anna Welander Tärneberg","doi":"10.1093/heapol/czae034","DOIUrl":"10.1093/heapol/czae034","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Sub-Saharan Africa has fewer medical workers per capita than any region of the world, and that shortage has been highlighted consistently as a critical constraint to improving health outcomes in the region. This paper draws on newly available, systematic, comparable data from 10 countries in the region to explore the dimensions of this shortage. We find wide variation in human resources performance metrics, both within and across countries. Many facilities are barely staffed, and effective staffing levels fall further when adjusted for health worker absences. However, caseloads-while also varying widely within and across countries-are also low in many settings, suggesting that even within countries, deployment rather than shortages, together with barriers to demand, may be the principal challenges. Beyond raw numbers, we observe significant proportions of health workers with very low levels of clinical knowledge on standard maternal and child health conditions. This study highlights that countries may need to invest broadly in health workforce deployment, improvements in capacity and performance of the health workforce, and on addressing demand constraints, rather than focusing narrowly on increases in staffing numbers.</p>","PeriodicalId":12926,"journal":{"name":"Health policy and planning","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2024-08-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11308604/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140897945","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Sustaining progress towards universal health coverage amidst a full-scale war: learning from Ukraine. 在全面战争中保持全民医保的进展:向乌克兰学习。
IF 2.9 3区 医学
Health policy and planning Pub Date : 2024-08-08 DOI: 10.1093/heapol/czae041
Jarno Habicht, Mark Hellowell, Joe Kutzin
{"title":"Sustaining progress towards universal health coverage amidst a full-scale war: learning from Ukraine.","authors":"Jarno Habicht, Mark Hellowell, Joe Kutzin","doi":"10.1093/heapol/czae041","DOIUrl":"10.1093/heapol/czae041","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In the aftermath of Russia's military response to the 2014 Revolution of Dignity, the government of Ukraine implemented a package of health financing reforms underpinned by universal health coverage (UHC) principles. By the time of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, the new systems and institutions envisaged in the reforms were largely established. In this Commentary article, we explain how these attributes strengthened the Ukrainian health system's response to the impacts of the war. Ukraine's experience highlights the role that health financing arrangements, designed in accordance with UHC principles, can play in strengthening health system resilience.</p>","PeriodicalId":12926,"journal":{"name":"Health policy and planning","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2024-08-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11308602/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141293344","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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