Research reports and working
papers
Acharya D, Vaidyanathan G, Muraleeharan VR, Dheenadayalan DS and Dash U
Do the poor benefit from public spending on healthcare in India? Results from benefit (utilisation) incidence analysis in Tamil Nadu and Orissa. CREHS
research report, April 2011
Lagarde M & Blaauw D
Can we encourage the devotion of nurses? An experimental investigation of the effects of various incentives CREHS
research report, November 2011
Lagarde M, Blaauw D, Smith R
Differential calculus: the impact of group norms, social values and identity on altruism CREHS
research report, November 2011
Wafula J, Mullei K, Mudhune S, Lagarde M, Blaauw D, English M and Goodman C
Attracting and retaining health workers in rural areas: investigating nurses views, career choices and potential policy interventions CREHS
research report, June 2011
Pagaiya N, Sriratana S, Tangchareonsathien V, Noree T, Lagarde M & Blaauw D
Health workers' preferences and policy interventions to improve retention in rrual areas in Thailand CREHS
research report, June 2011
Erasmus E, Blaauw D
Policy interventions to improve health worker retention in rural areas: Results from CREHS Cohort Study in South Africa CREHS
research report, June 2011
Limwattananon S, Vongmongkol V, Prakongsai P, Patcharanarumol W, Hanson K, Tangcharoensathien V, Mills A
The equity impact of Universal Coverage: health care finance, catstrophic health expenditure, utilization and government subsidies in Thailand CREHS
research report, June 2011
Vongmongkol V, Patcharanarumol W, Panichkriangkrai W, Pachanee K, Prakongsai P, Tangcharoensathien V, Hanson K, Mills A
Effectiveness of public health insurance schemes on financial risk protection in Thailand: the assessments of purchasers' capacities, contractors' responses and impact on patients. CREHS
research report, June 2011
Macha J, Mushi HP and Borhi J
Examining the links between accountability, trust and performance in health service delivery in Tanzania CREHS
research report, June 2011
Onwujekwe OE, Uzochukwu BSC and Onoka C
Benefit incidence analysis of priority public health services and financing incidence analysis of household payments for healthcare in Enugu and Anambra states, Nigeria CREHS
research report, June 2011
Uzochukwu BSC, Ajuba M, Onwujekwe OE, Nkoli E
Examining the links between accountability, trust and performance in health service delivery in Orumba South Local Government Area, Nigeria CREHS
research report, June 2011
Dash U and Muraleedharan VR
How Equitable is Employees' State Insurance Scheme in India? A Case Study of Tamil Nadu CREHS
research report, June 2011
Uzochukwu BSC, Onwujekwe OE, Soludo E, Nkoli E, Uguru
NP.
The
District Health System in Enugu State, Nigeria: An analysis of policy
development and implementation CREHS
research report, May 2009
Opwora A, Kabare M, Molyneux S, Goodman C.
The
Implementation and Effects of Direct Facility Funding in Kenya's Health
Centres and Dispensaries CREHS
research report, April 2009
Uzochukwu BSC, Onwujekwe OE, Eze Soludo, Ezuma Nkoli,
Obikeze EN and Onoka CA.
Community
Based Health Insurance Scheme in Anambra State, Nigeria: an analysis of
policy development, implementation and equity effects
CREHS research report,
February 2009
Prosper H, Macha J, Borghi J.
Implementation
of Integrated Management of Childhood Illness in Tanzania: success and
challenges CREHS
research report, January 2009
Dash U, Muraleedharan V R , Prasad B M, Acharya D, Dash
S, Lakshminarasimhan S
Access
to health services in under privileged areas: a case study of Mobile Health
Units in Tamil Nadu and Orissa CREHS
research report, October 2008
Pitayarangsarit S, Limwattananon S, Tantivess S and Kharamanond
R.
Local
level responses to budget allocation under the Universal Health Care Coverage
policy in Thailand CREHS
research report, October 2008
Mullei K, Wafula F and Goodman C.
A
case study of Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI) implementation
in Kenya CREHS
research report, October 2008
Nkosi M, Govender V, Erasmus E and Gilson L
Investigating
the role of power and institutions in hospital-level implementation of
equity-oriented policies
CREHS research report, June
2008
Journal articles, systematic
reviews and books
2010
Abuya T, Amin A, Molyneux S, Akhwale W, Marsh V, Gilson
L. Importance
of strategic management in the implementation of private medicine retailer
programmes: case studies from three districts in Kenya BMC
Health Services Research 2010, 10(Suppl 1):S7 (2 July 2010) [open
access]
Cleary S, McIntyre D. Financing
equitable access to antiretroviral treatment in South Africa BMC
Health Services Research 2010, 10(Suppl 1):S2 (2 July 2010) [open
access]
Cohen JM, Sabot O, Sabot K, Gordon M, Gross I, Bishop
D, Odhiambo M, Ipuge Y, Ward L, Mwita A, Goodman C. A
pharmacy too far? Equity and spatial distribution of outcomes in the delivery
of subsidized artemisinin-based combination therapies through private
drug shops BMC Health Services Research
2010, 10(Suppl 1):S6 (2 July 2010) [open
access]
Hanson K, Cleary S, Schneider H, Tantivess S, Gilson
S. Scaling
up health policies and services in low- and middle-income settings BMC
Health Services Research 2010, 10(Suppl 1):I1 (2 July 2010) [open
access]
Leisegang R, Maartens G, Hislop M, Regensberg L, Cleary
S. Improving
the evidence base of Markov models used to estimate the costs of scaling
up antiretroviral programmes in resource-limited settings
BMC Health Services Research 2010, 10(Suppl 1):S3 (2 July 2010) [open
access]
Mangham LJ and Hanson K. Scaling
up in international health: what are the key issues?
Health Policy and Planning, 2010. [open access]
Mullei K, Mudhune S, Wafula J, Masamo E, English M, Goodman
C, Lagarde M, Blaauw D. Attracting
and retaining health workers in rural areas: investigating nurses
views on rural posts and policy interventions BMC
Health Services Research 2010, 10(Suppl 1):S1 (2 July 2010) [open
access]
Opwora A, Kabare M, Molyneux S, Goodman C. Direct
facility funding as a response to user fee reduction: implementation and
perceived impact among Kenyan health centres and dispensaries
Health Policy and Planning Advance Access
published online on March 8, 2010
Schneider H, Coetzee D, Van Rensburg D, Gilson L.
Differences
in antiretroviral scale up in three South African provinces: the role
of implementation management BMC Health
Services Research 2010, 10(Suppl 1):S4 (2 July 2010) [open
access]
Uguru N, Onwujekwe O, Tasie N, Uzochukwu BSC, Ezeoke
U. Do
consumers' preferences for improved provision of malaria treatment services
differ by their socio-economic status and geographic location? A study
in southeast Nigeria BMC Public Health 2010,
10:7. [open access]
Webster J, Chandramohan D, Hanson K. Methods
for evaluating delivery systems for scaling-up malaria control intervention
BMC Health Services Research 2010, 10(Suppl 1):S8 (2 July 2010) [open
access]
Yothasamut J, Putchong C, Sirisamutr T, Teerawattananon
Y, Tantivess S. Scaling
up cervical cancer screening in the midst of human papillomavirus vaccination
advocacy in Thailand BMC Health Services
Research 2010, 10(Suppl 1):S5 (2 July 2010) [open
access]
2009
Goudge, J, Russell, S, Gilson, L, Molyneux, C, Hanson,
K. Household
experiences of ill-health and risk protection mechanisms
Journal of International Development Volume 21 Issue 2, Pages 159 - 168.
Special Issue: Managing Risks: Household Illness Costs, Coping Strategies
and Access to Social Protection Published Online: 3 Feb 2009
Goudge J, Russell S, Gilson L, Gumede T, Tollman S, Mills
A. Illness
related impoverishment in rural South Africa: why does social protection
work for some households but not others
Journal of International Development Volume 21 Issue 2, Pages 231 - 251.
Special Issue: Managing Risks: Household Illness Costs, Coping Strategies
and Access to Social Protection Published Online: 3 Feb 2009
Hanson K et al. Household
ownership and use of insecticide treated nets among target groups after
implementation of a national voucher programme in the United Republic
of Tanzania British Medical Journal, 2009.
Magarde M and Blaauw D. A
review of the application and contribution of discrete choice experiments
to inform human resources policy interventions
Human Resources for Health, July 2009. [open
access]
Molyneux C, Goudge J, Russell S, Chuma J, Gumede T and
Gilson L. Issues
in equitable health financing: socio-economic and geographic differences
in households’ illness expenditures and policy makers’ views on the financial
protection of the poor. Journal
of International Development Volume 21 Issue 2, Pages 309 - 326. Special
Issue: Managing Risks: Household Illness Costs, Coping Strategies and
Access to Social Protection Published Online: 3 Feb 2009
Onwujekwe O, Onoka C, Uzochukwu B, Obikeze E and Ezumah
N. Conducting
health-related social science research in low income settings: ethical
dilemmas faced in Kenya and South Africa
Journal of International
Development Volume 21 Issue 2, Pages 185 - 199. Special Issue: Managing
Risks: Household Illness Costs, Coping Strategies and Access to Social
Protection Published Online: 3 Feb 2009
Patcharanarumol W, Mills A and Tangcharoensathien V.
Dealing
with the cost of illness: The experience of four villages in Lao PDR
Journal of International
Development Volume 21 Issue 2, Pages 212 - 230. Special Issue: Managing
Risks: Household Illness Costs, Coping Strategies and Access to Social
Protection Published Online: 3 Feb 2009
Prakongsai P, Limwattananon S, Tangcharoensathien V.
The
equity impact of the universal coverage policy: Lessons from Thailand
chapter in Advances in Health Economics
and Health Services Research, 2009, volume 21.
Somi MF, Butler JRG, Vahid F, Njau JD and Abdulla S.
Household
responses to health risks and shocks: A study from rural Tanzania raises
some methodological issues Journal
of International Development Volume 21 Issue 2, Pages 200 - 211. Special
Issue: Managing Risks: Household Illness Costs, Coping Strategies and
Access to Social Protection Published Online: 3 Feb 2009
Vaishnavi SD, Dash U. Catastrophic
payments for health care among households in urban Tamil Nadu, India Journal
of International Development Volume 21 Issue 2, Pages 169 - 184. Special
Issue: Managing Risks: Household Illness Costs, Coping Strategies and
Access to Social Protection Published Online: 3 Feb 2009
2008
Erasmus E and Gilson L. Gilson L and McIntyre
D. How
to start thinking about investigating power in the organizational settings
of policy implementation Health
Policy and Planning 2008 23(5):361-368
Gilson L and McIntyre D. The
interface between research and policy: experience from South Africa
Social Science and Medicine, April 2008
Hanson K, Gilson L, Goodman C, Mills A, Smith R, et al.
(2008) Is
Private Health Care the Answer to the Health Problems of the World's Poor?
PLoS Med 5(11)
Prasad BM and Muraleedharan VR. Community
health workers: a review of concepts, practice and policy concerns.
CREHS working paper, March 2008 [open
access]
Uzochukwu BSC, Onwujekwe OE, Ezeilo EA, Nwobi E,
Ndu AC, Onoka C Integrated
management of childhood illness in Nigeria: Does short-term training of
health workers improve their performance? Public
health, Volume 122, Issue 4, Pages 367-370 (April 2008)
Walt G, Shiffman J, Schneider H, Murray SF, Brugha R,
Gilson L. ‘Doing’
health policy analysis: methodological and conceptual reflections and
challenges Health
Policy and Planning 2008 23(5):308-317
2007
Gilson L and Raphaely N. Literature
review: Health policy analysis in lower and middle income or transitional
countries (LMIC/TC). 2nd edition. CREHS working
paper, 2007 [open access]
Goodman C, Brieger W, Unwin A, Mills A, Meek S, Greer
G. Medicine
Sellers and Malaria Treatment in Sub-Saharan Africa: What Do They Do and
How Can Their Practice Be Improved? The American
Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 77(6_Suppl), 2007, pp. 203-218
Lagarde, M, Haines, A and Palmer N. Conditional
Cash Transfers for Improving Uptake of Health Interventions in Low- and
Middle-Income Countries - A Systematic Review
JAMA 298(16): 1900-1910, 2007
Mtei G and Mulligan J. Community
Health Funds in Tanzania: a literature review
CREHS working paper, 2007 [open access]
Patouillard E, Goodman CA, Hanson KG and Mills A.
Can
working with the private-for-profit sector improve utilisation of quality
health services for the poor? A systematic review of the literature
International Journal for Equity in Health 6:17, 2007 [open
access]
Russell S and Gilson L. Are
health services protecting the livelihoods of the urban poor in Sri Lanka?
Findings from two low-income areas of Colombo
Social Science and Medicine 63(7): 1732-1744, 2006.
McIntyre D, Gilson L, Wadee H, Thiede M and Okorafor
O.
Commercialization and extreme inequality in health: the policy challenges
of South Africa
Journal for International Development 18: 435-446,
2006
Lagarde M. and Palmer N. The impact of health financing
strategies on access to health services in low and middle income countries
(protocol). Cochrane Database of Systematic
Reviews (3) 2006
Newletters, policy briefs and
Briefing notes
Understanding nursing students' attitudes toward working in rural areas in South Africa: the results of a cohort study CREHS policy brief, June 2011
Assessing the use and cost of healthcare services and catastrophic expenditures in Enugu and Anambra states, Nigeria CREHS policy brief, June 2011
Trust, accountability and performance in health facility committees in Orumba South local government area, Anambra State, Nigeria CREHS policy brief, June 2011
Health worker's preferences and policy interventions to improve retention in rual areas in Thailand CREHS policy brief, June 2011
Attracting and retaining health workers in rural areas in Kenya: Investigating nurses views, career choices and potential policy interventions CREHS policy brief, June 2011
How well does the employee's state insurance scheme protect against catstrophic health payments in Tamil Nadu, India? CREHS policy brief, June 2011
To what extent do the poor benefit from Public Spending on healthcare in Tamil Nadu and Orissa, India? CREHS policy brief, June 2011
Multi-country
partnerships: adding value to research CREHS
and GHIN research brief, March 2010
Public
health insurance and financial risk protection: lessons from Thailand
CREHS policy brief, March 2010
Measuring
catastrophic health care expenditures in Nigeria: implications for financial
risk protection CREHS policy brief, March
2010
Influencing
Health Systems Policy and Practice: experiences from the Consortium for
Research on Equitable Health Systems CREHS
research brief, February 2010
Implementing
Community Based Health Insurance in Anambra State, Nigeria CREHS
policy brief, February 2010
The
District Health System in Enugu State, Nigeria: an analysis of policy
development and implementation CREHS policy
brief, January 2010
Overcoming
Apartheid health care to achieve equitable access to ART: exploring resource
requirements in South Africa CREHS
policy brief, November 2009
Nurses
attitudes towards living and working in rural areas: initial findings
from the CREHS cohort study in South Africa
CREHS research update,
November 2009
Spotlight
on Malaria and case study: towards equitable coverage of insecticide treated
nets in Tanzania CREHS
publication, October 2009
Opwora A, Kabare M, Molyneux S and Goodman C. Reducing
user fees: implementation challenges and a possible solution
CREHS policy brief,
October 2009
Nkosi M, Govender V, Erasmus E and Gilson L
The need for
the active and strategic management of local-level policy implementation
CREHS policy brief,
October 2009
Dash U, Muraleedharan VR, Prasad BM, Acharya D, Dash
S, and Lakshminarasimhan S. Increasing
access to health services using mobile health units: implementation experiences
in Tamil Nadu and Orissa States, India
CREHS policy brief,
July 2009
Research
highlights: Health Sector Reform CREHS
publication, June 2009
Prosper H and Borghi J. IMCI
implementation in Tanzania: experiences, challenges and lessons
CREHS policy brief,
June 2009
Opwora A, Kabare M, Molyneux S and Goodman C. Financing
Kenyan health centres and dispensaries: exploring the implementation and
effects of direct facility funding CREHS
policy brief, April 2009
Mullei K and Goodman C. Implementing
IMCI in Kenya: challenges and recommendations
CREHS policy brief,
October 2008
Palmer N and Lagarde M. Reviewing
the evidence on health financing strategies to encourage uptake of health
services by the poor. Briefing note prepared
for the MOH workshop on the Community Health Fund, Tanzania, 2007
Lagarde M and Palmer N. Evidence
from systematic reviews to inform decision making regarding financing
mechanisms that improve access to health services for poor people. A policy
brief prepared for the International Dialogue on Evidence-Informed Action
to Achieve Health Goals in Developing Countries (IDEAHealth).
Geneva: The Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research, WHO, 2006
Buse K, Dickinson C, Gilson L and Murray SF How
can the analysis of power and process in policy-making improve health
outcomes? Moving the agenda forward. ODI briefing
note number 25, October 2007
CREHS
Newsletter
December
2009
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July 2009
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March 2009
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December 2008
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Issue 1, January 2007
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Issue 2, July 2007
Posters and presentations
Presentations from
Delivering Effective Health Care for All Conference, 29 March 2010
What
do health professionals think about working in rural areas? Evidence from
South Africa, Kenya and Thailand. N
Pagaiya, International Health Policy Program, Thailand
What
policies would attract health professionals to rural areas? Evidence from
South Africa, Kenya and Thailand. D
Blaauw, Centre for Health Policy, South Africa
Financial
Protection from the Universal Health Care Coverage in Thailand: the evidence.
S Limwattananon, International Health Policy
Program, Thailand
Direct
facility funding as a potential tool in user fee removal in Kenya.
A Opwora, Kemri-Wellcome Trust Research Programme,
Kenya
Do
the Poor Benefit from Public Spending on Healthcare in India?: Results
from Utilization Incidence Analysis in Tamil Nadu and Orissa.
Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, India
Benefit
incidence analysis of priority public health services in Nigeria. O Onwujekwe,
Health Policy Research Group, University of Nigeria, Enugu-Campus, Enugu
Policy
implementation: the influence of frontline staff, the nature and meaning
of policy, and the organisational environment
E Erasmus, Centre for Health Policy, South
Africa
Strategic
management: a critical element in implementing private medicine retailer
programmes in Kenya. T Abuya, Kemri-Wellcome
Trust Research Programme, Kenya
M. Lagarde, E. Erasmus, K. Mullei, N. Pagayia, D. Blaauw.
Are
nurses good dictators? Poster Presentation
at the International Health
Economics Association Conference, Beijing, China, July 2009
Assessing
the Implementation and Effects of Direct Facility Funding in health centres
and dispensaries in Coast Province, Kenya Presented
at the African Health and Economics Association Conference, Ghana, March
2009.
Poster
about the Consortium for Research on Equitable Health Systems
Opwora A, Kabare M, Molyneux S, Goodman C.
Assessing
the Implementation and Effects of Direct Facility Funding in health centres
and dispensaries in Kenyan coast Presentation
at the African Health and Economics Association Conference, Ghana, March
2009
Sabot O, Mwita A, Ndomondo-Sigonda M, Cohen J et al.
Piloting
the Global Subsidy: The impact of subsidized distribution of ACT through
private drug shops in rural Tanzania Presentation
at the International Health Economics Association Conference, Beijing,
China, July 2009
Mudhune S, Mullei K Wafula J, English M et al.
Researching
interventions to address the human resources for health crisis - an application
of discrete choice experiments in Kenya, Thailand and South Africa
Presentation at the International Health Economics Association Conference,
Beijing, China, July 2009
Prakongsai P, Limwattananon S, Tangcharoensathien V.
Integrating
Financing Schemes to Achieve Universal Coverage in Thailand:Analysis
of the Equity Achievements Presentation
at the International Health Economics Association Conference, Beijing,
China, July 2009
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