Latest IHSP Publications
Comment: Comparative Politics, Political Settlements, and the Political Economy of Health Financing Reform. Croke K. International Journal of Health Policy and Management. 2023.
Health system adaptions to improve care for people living with non-communicable diseases during COVID-19 in low-middle income countries: A scoping review. Baatiema L, Sanuade OA, Allen LN, Abimbola S, Hategeka C, Koram KA, Kruk ME. J Glob Health. 2023 Mar 3;13:06006.
Impact of COVID-19 on healthcare utilization, cases, and deaths of citizens and displaced Venezuelans in Colombia: Complementary comprehensive and safety-net systems under Colombia’s constitutional commitment. Shepard DS, Boada A, Newball-Ramirez D, Sombrio AG, Rincon Perez CW, Agarwal-Harding P, Jason JS, Harker Roa A, Bowser DM. PLoS One. 2023 Mar 28;18(3):e0282786.
Implementation research protocol on the national community health policy in Guinea: A sequential mixed-methods study using a decision space approach. Delamou A, Grovogui FM, Miller L, Nye A, Kourouma M, Kolié D, Goumou T, Bossert TJ. PLoS One. 2023 Jan 20;18(1):e0280651.
Population Preferences for Primary Care Models for Hypertension in Karnataka, India. Leslie HH, Babu GR, Dolcy Saldanha N, Turcotte-Tremblay AM, Ravi D, Kapoor NR, Shapeti SS, Prabhakaran D, Kruk ME. JAMA Netw Open. 2023 Mar 1;6(3):e232937.
Assessing sustainment of health worker outcomes beyond program end: Evaluation results from an infant and young child feeding intervention in Bangladesh. Moucheraud C, Epstein A, Sarma H, Kim SS, Nguyen PH, Rahman M, Tariquijaman M, Glenn J, Payán DD, Menon P, Bossert TJ. Front Health Serv. 2023 Jan 9;2:1005986.
Examining decentralization and managerial decision making for child immunization program performance in India. Feldhaus I, Chatterjee S, Clarke-Deelder E, Brenzel L, Resch S, Bossert TJ.Soc Sci Med. 2023 Jan;317:115457.
Health service quality in 2929 facilities in six low-income and middle-income countries: a positive deviance analysis. Lewis TP, McConnell M, Aryal A, Irimu G, Mehata S, Mrisho M, Kruk ME. Lancet Glob Health. 2023 Jun;11(6):e862-e870.
COVID-19 and resilience of healthcare systems in ten countries. Arsenault C, Gage A, Kim MK, Kapoor NR, Akweongo P, Amponsah F, Aryal A, Asai D, Awoonor-Williams JK, Ayele W, Bedregal P, Doubova SV, Dulal M, Gadeka DD, Gordon-Strachan G, Mariam DH, Hensman D, Joseph JP, Kaewkamjornchai P, Eshetu MK, Gelaw SK, Kubota S, Leerapan B, Margozzini P, Mebratie AD, Mehata S, Moshabela M, Mthethwa L, Nega A, Oh J, Park S, Passi-Solar Á, Pérez-Cuevas R, Phengsavanh A, Reddy T, Rittiphairoj T, Sapag JC, Thermidor R, Tlou B, Valenzuela Guiñez F, Bauhoff S, Kruk ME. Nat Med. 2022 Jun;28(6):1314-1324.
Impact of weekday and weekend mobility and public policies on COVID-19 incidence and deaths across 76 large municipalities in Colombia: statistical analysis and simulation. Jason JS, Bowser DM, Harker Roa A, Contreras Ceballos DC, Muñoz S, Sombrio AG, Shepard DS. BMC Public Health. 2022 Dec 31;22(1):2460.
Improving health and social systems for all children in LMICs: structural innovations to deliver high-quality services. Kruk ME, Lewis TP, Arsenault C, Bhutta ZA, Irimu G, Jeong J, Lassi ZS, Sawyer SM, Vaivada T, Waiswa P, Yousafzai AK.Lancet. 2022 May 7;399(10337):1830-1844
Integrating Venezuelan Migrants into the Colombian Health System during COVID-19. Bowser DM, Agarwal-Harding P, Sombrio AG, Shepard DS, Harker Roa A. Health Syst Reform. 2022 Jan 1;8(1):2079448.
Equitable Distribution of Poor Quality of Care? Equity in Quality of Reproductive Health Services in Ethiopia. Dinsa GD, Dessie E, Hurlburt S, Gebreyohannes Y, Arsenault C, Yakob B, Girma T, Berman P, Kruk ME. Health Syst Reform. 2022 Jan 1;8(1):e2062808.
Cost of Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infections in US Infants: Systematic Literature Review and Analysis. Bowser DM, Rowlands KR, Hariharan D, Gervasio RM, Buckley L, Halasa-Rappel Y, Glaser EL, Nelson CB, Shepard DS. J Infect Dis. 2022 Aug 15;226(Suppl 2):S225-S235.
Activity-based costing for HIV, primary care and nutrition services in low- and middle-income countries: A systematic literature review and synthesis. Bowser D, Sombrio A, Coulibaly N, Mark N. J Glob Health Econ Policy. 2021 Oct 25;1(1):10.52872/001c.29068.
The association between institutional delivery and neonatal mortality based on the quality of maternal and newborn health system in India. Lee HY, Leslie HH, Oh J, Kim R, Kumar A, Subramanian SV, Kruk ME.Sci Rep. 2022 Apr 13;12(1):6220.
Best and worst performing health facilities: A positive deviance analysis of perceived drivers of primary care performance in Nepal. Lewis TP, Aryal A, Mehata S, Thapa A, Yousafzai AK, Kruk ME.Soc Sci Med. 2022 Sep;309:115251
Implementation research on noncommunicable disease prevention and control interventions in low- and middle-income countries: A systematic review. Hategeka C, Adu P, Desloge A, Marten R, Shao R, Tian M, Wei T, Kruk ME. PLoS Med. 2022 Jul 25;19(7):e1004055.
Associations between women’s empowerment, care seeking, and quality of malaria care for children: A cross-sectional analysis of demographic and health surveys in 16 sub-Saharan African countries. Lewis TP, Ndiaye Y, Manzi F, Kruk ME.J Glob Health. 2022 Mar 19;12:04025.
Service delivery reform for maternal and newborn health in Kakamega County, Kenya: study protocol for a prospective impact evaluation and implementation science study. Croke K, Gage A, Fulcher I, Opondo K, Nzinga J, Tsofa B, Haneuse S, Kruk M. BMC Public Health. 2022;22 (1727).
Decentralization Can Improve Equity, but Can It Be Sustained? Bossert TJ, Lenz R, Guerrero R, Miranda R, Soto Rojas VE, Maldonado Vargas ND. Health Syst Reform. 2022 Jan 1;8(1):e2064793.
What is the impact of removing performance-based financial incentives on community health worker motivation? A qualitative study from an infant and young child feeding program in Bangladesh. Glenn J, Moucheraud C, Payán DD, Crook A, Stagg J, Sarma H, Ahmed T, Epstein A, Luies SK, Rahman M, Kruk ME, Bossert TJ.BMC Health Serv Res. 2021 Sep 17;21(1):979. doi: 10.1186/s12913-021-06996-y.PMID: 34535147
Seizing the moment to rethink health systems. Nimako K, Kruk ME.Lancet Glob Health. 2021 Dec;9(12):e1758-e1762.
Cost analysis in implementation studies of evidence-based practices for mental health and substance use disorders: a systematic review. Bowser DM, Henry BF, McCollister KE. Implement Sci. 2021 Mar 12;16(1):26.
Patient volume and quality of primary care in Ethiopia: findings from the routine health information system and the 2014 Service Provision Assessment survey. Arsenault C, Yakob B, Tilahun T, Nigatu TG, Dinsa G, Woldie M, Kassa M, Berman P, Kruk ME.BMC Health Serv Res. 2021 May 22;21(1):485.
The Origins of Ethiopia’s Primary Health Care Expansion: The politics of state building and health system strengthening. Croke K. Health Policy and Planning. 2020;35 (10) :1318–1327.
Can complex programs be sustained? A mixed methods sustainability evaluation of a national infant and young child feeding program in Bangladesh and Vietnam. Moucheraud C, Sarma H, Ha TTT, Ahmed T, Epstein A, Glenn J, Hanh HH, Huong TTT, Luies SK, Moitry AN, Nhung DP, Payán DD, Rahman M, Tariqujjaman M, Thuy TT, Tuan T, Bossert TJ, Kruk ME. BMC Public Health. 2020 Sep 4;20(1):1361.
Health Reform in the Midst of a Social and Political Crisis in Chile, 2019-2020. Bossert TJ, Villalobos Dintrans P. Health Syst Reform. 2020 Jan 1;6(1):e1789031.
Global Fund financing and human resources for health investments in the Eastern Mediterranean Region. Okunogbe A, Bowser D, Gedik G, Naseri S, Abu-Agla A, Safi N. Hum Resour Health. 2020 Jul 8;18(1):48.
The impact of a health facility construction campaign on health service utilization and outcomes: Analysis of spatially-linked survey and facility location data in Ethiopia. Croke K, Mengistu AT, O’Connell S, Tafere K. BMJ Global Health. 2020;5 (8) :e002430
The political economy of health financing reform in Malaysia. Croke K, Yusoff MM, Abdullah Z, Hanafiah ANM, Mokhtaruddin K, Emira Soleha Ramli, Borhan NF, Almodovar-Diaz Y, Atun R, Virk AK. Health Policy and Planning. 2019;34 (10) :732-739.
Associations between Practices and Behaviors at the Health Facility Level and Supply Chain Management for Antiretrovirals (ARVs): Evidence from Namibia, Cameroon and Swaziland. Diana Bowser, Laura Krech, David Mabirizi, David Kapaon, Angela Y. Chang* and Thomas Bossert. 2019. Global Health Sciences and Practice. 7(2):300-316.
Does health worker performance affect clients’ health behaviors? A multilevel analysis from Bangladesh. Epstein A, Moucheraud C, Sarma H, Rahman M, Tariqujjaman M, Ahmed T, Glenn J, Bossert T, Kruk ME. BMC Health Serv Res. 2019 Jul 24;19(1):516.
Health service delivery and political trust in Nigeria. Chukwuma A, Bossert TJ, Croke K. Social Science and Medicine – Population Health. 2019;7
The challenge of additionality: the impact of central grants for primary health care on state-level spending on primary health care in India. Diana Bowser, Manjiri Bhawalker, Rajesh Jha, and Peter Berman. 2019. International Journal of Health Policy and Management. Vol 8(6): 329-336.
Benefit incidence analysis in public health facilities in India: utilization and benefits at the national and state levels. Bowser D, Patenaude B, Bhawalkar M, Duran D, Berman P. Int J Equity Health. 2019 Jan 21;18(1):13.
Low effective coverage of family planning and antenatal care services in Ethiopia. Yakob B, Gage A, Nigatu TG, Hurlburt S, Hagos S, Dinsa G, Bowser D, Berman P, Kruk ME, Tekle E. Int J Qual Health Care. 2019 Dec 31;31(10):725-732.
Cost Effectiveness of Mobile Health for Antenatal Care and Facility Births in Nigeria. Bowser DM, Shepard DS, Nandakumar A, Okunogbe A, Morrill T, Halasa-Rappell Y, Jordan M, Mushi F, Boyce C, Erhunmwunse OA. Ann Glob Health. 2018 Nov 5;84(4):592-602.
High-quality health systems in the Sustainable Development Goals era: time for a revolution. Kruk ME, Gage AD, Arsenault C, Jordan K, Leslie HH, Roder-DeWan S, Adeyi O, Barker P, Daelmans B, Doubova SV, English M, García-Elorrio E, Guanais F, Gureje O, Hirschhorn LR, Jiang L, Kelley E, Lemango ET, Liljestrand J, Malata A, Marchant T, Matsoso MP, Meara JG, Mohanan M, Ndiaye Y, Norheim OF, Reddy KS, Rowe AK, Salomon JA, Thapa G, Twum-Danso NAY, Pate M.Lancet Glob Health. 2018 Nov;6(11):e1196-e1252
Federalism and Decentralisation in Health Care: A Decision Space Approach, edited by Gregory P. Marchildon and Thomas J. Bossert. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2018, 272 pp.
Harmonization of community health worker programs for HIV: A four-country qualitative study in Southern Africa. De Neve JW, Garrison-Desany H, Andrews KG, Sharara N, Boudreaux C, Gill R, Geldsetzer P, Vaikath M, Bärnighausen T, Bossert TJ. PLoS Med. 2017 Aug 8;14(8):e1002374.
Health system barriers and enablers to early access to breast cancer screening, detection, and diagnosis: a global analysis applied to the MENA region. Bowser D, Marqusee H, El Koussa M, Atun R. Public Health. 2017 Nov;152:58-74.
Distrusting community health workers with confidential health information: a convergent mixed-methods study in Swaziland. Health Policy Plan. Geldsetzer P, Vaikath M, De Neve JW, Bossert TJ, Sibandze S, Mkhwanazi M, Bärnighausen T. 2017 Jul 1;32(6):882-889.
Sustainability of health information systems: a three-country qualitative study in southern Africa. Moucheraud C, Schwitters A, Boudreaux C, Giles D, Kilmarx PH, Ntolo N, Bangani Z, St Louis ME, Bossert TJ. BMC Health Serv Res. 2017 Jan 10;17(1):23.
Pilot study of quality of care training and knowledge in Sub-Saharan African medical schools. Bowser D, Abbas Y, Odunleye T, Broughton E, Bossert T. Int J Med Educ. 2017 Jul 24;8:276-282.
Decision Space and Capacities in the Decentralization of Health Services in FijiComment on “Decentralisation of Health Services in Fiji: A Decision Space Analysis”. Bossert TJ. Int J Health Policy Manag. 2016 Jul 1;5(7):443-444.
PEPFAR Investments In Governance And Health Systems Were One-Fifth Of Countries’ Budgeted Funds, 2004-14. Moucheraud C, Sparkes S, Nakamura Y, Gage A, Atun R, Bossert TJ. Health Aff (Millwood). 2016 May 1;35(5):847-55.
Innovation and Change in the Chilean Health System. Bossert T.J. and Leisewitz T. January 7, 2016. The New England Journal of Medicine 374;1
Improving Health System Performance in a Decentralized Health System: Capacity Building in Pakistan. Bossert T., Mitchell A., Janjua M. Health Systems and Reform (2016) 1:4, 276-284.
IHSP Publications by Topic: IHSP Publications by Region:
Decentralization Africa
Financing and Expenditures Asia
General Central and Eastern Europe
Health Sector Reform General
Hospital Autonomy Latin America and Caribbean
Insurance Middle East
Management Information Systems
National Health Accounts
Policy and Policy Process
Providers
Public/Private Sector
Quality
Reproductive Health and Health Systems
Resource Mobilization
Social Capital
DDM Issue Briefs
These succinct summaries are designed to communicate important research findings on critical issues in health sector reform to key health policy makers, counterparts, and colleagues in the field.
Policy Process of Health Reform in Latin America
Decentralization of Health Systems in Latin America
Enhancing Managerial Autonomy in Polish Health Facilities
Provider Market Analysis and the Health Sector in Transitional Economies
A Decade of Health Sector Reform: What Have We Learned?
Public Relations and Health Sector Reform: The Experience in Poland
Decentralization:
Improving Health System Performance in a Decentralized Health System: Capacity Building in Pakistan
Thomas John Bossert, Andrew David Mitchell & Muhammad Anwar Janjua, May 2015
Empirical Studies of an Approach to Decentralization: “Decision Space” in Decentralized Health Systems
Thomas J. Bossert, Ph.D, September 2014
Guatemala: Decentralization and Integration in Health Logistics Systems
Thomas Bossert, Ph.D., Diana Bowser, M.P.H., Johnnie Amenyah, Rebecca Copeland, Management and Technology in Health and Development Guatemala (GETSA)
Decentralization and the Health Logistics System Ghana
Thomas Bossert, Ph.D., Diana Bowser, M.P.H., Johnnie Amenyah, B.Pharm., MBA, Rebecca Copeland, M.S.P.H., July 30, 2004
Integration Revisited (Millennium Project Background Paper, Columbia University, 2004)
Marc Mitchell, Susannah Mayhew, Irina Haivas
Decentralization and Equity of Resource Allocation: Evidence from Colombia and Chile
Thomas Bossert, Osvaldo Larranaga, Ursula Giedion, Jose Jesus Arbelaez, Diana Bowser, January 2003
Impact of Decentralization and Integration on the Performance of Health Logistics Systems: Concept Paper and Applied Research Protocol
Thomas Bossert, Diana Bowser, Johnnie Amenyah, Dana Aronovich, Jim Bates, Kay Quam, March 2002
Decentralization of Health Systems in Ghana, Zambia, Uganda and the Philippines: a Comparative Analysis of Decision Space
Thomas Bossert and Joel Beauvais, March 2002
Studies of Decentralization of the Health System in Nicaragua: Final Report
Thomas Bossert, Diana Bowser, Leonor Corea, September 2001
English
Spanish
Proposal for Decentralization of Health System in Morocco
Thomas Bossert, March 2001
Health Care Options for Polish Municipalities: The Implications of International Experience
Marc Roberts and Thomas Bossert
Decentralization of Health Systems in Latin America: A Comparative Study of Chile, Colombia, and Bolivia
Thomas Bossert, June 2000
English
Spanish
Guidelines for Promoting Decentralization of Health Systems in Latin America
Thomas Bossert, June 2000
English
Spanish
Methodological Guidelines for Applied Research on Decentralization of Health Systems in Latin America
Thomas Bossert, June 2000
Applied Research on Decentralization of Health Care Systems in Latin America: Bolivia Case Study
Thomas J. Bossert, Fernando Ruiz Mier, Scarlet Escalante, Marina Cardenas, Bruno Guisani, Katherina Capra, Joel Beauvais, and Diana Bowser, June 2000
La Descentralización de los Servicios de Salud en Bolivia
Thomas J. Bossert, Fernando Ruiz Mier, Scarlet Escalante, Marina Cardenas, Bruno Guisani, Katherina Capra, Joel Beauvais, and Diana Bowser, junio 2000
Applied Research on Decentralization of Health Care Systems in Latin America: Colombia Case Study
Thomas J. Bossert, Mukesh Chawla, Diana Bowser, Joel Beauvais, Ursula Giedion, Jose Jesus Arbelaez,and Alvaro Lopez Villan, June 2000
Decentralization of the Health System in Zambia
Thomas J. Bossert, Mukosha Bona Chitah, Maryse Simonet, Ladslous Mwansa, Maureen Daura, Musa Mabandhala, Diana Bowser, Joseph Sevilla, Joel Beauvais, Gloria Silondwa, and Munalinga Simatele, December 2000
Analyzing the Decentralization of Health Systems in Developing Countries: Decision Space, Innovation and Performance
Thomas Bossert, March 1997
Health Financing in Guatemala: A Situation Analysis and Lessons from Four Developing Countries (Final Report)
Bowser, Diana, Mahal, A., June 30, 2009
Willingness to Pay for Social Health Insurance Among Informal Sector Workers in Wuhan, China: a Contingent Valuation Study
Baernighausen T, Liu Y, Zhang X, Sauerborn R., BMC Health Serv Res. 2007 Jul. 20; 7:114.
Health Care in China: The role of non-government providers
Liu Y, Berman P, Yip W, Liang H, Meng Q, Li Z. Health Policy. 2006 Jul;77(2):212-20.
Integration Revisited (Millennium Project Background Paper, Columbia University, 2004
Marc Mitchell, Susannah Mayhew, Irina Haivas
Medical Spending and Rural Impoverishment in Rural China
Liu Y, Rao K, Hsiao WC. Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition 2003; 21(3): 216-222.
Health Expenditures and the Elderly: A Survey of Issues in Forecasting, Methods Used, and Relevance for Developing Countries
Ajay Mahal, Peter Berman, and A. K. NandaKumar, December 2002
Plan of Action for HIV/AIDS Accounts for Nigeria
Olakunle Odumosu, Adedoyin Soyibo, Ajay Mahal, February 5, 2002
Privatization and Payments: Lessons for Poland from Chile and Colombia
Thomas Bossert, March 2000
Innovations in Provider Payment Systems in Transitional Economies: Experience in Suwalki, Poland
Mukesh Chawla, Peter Berman, and Dariusz Dudarewicz, May 1988
Enrollment Procedures and Self-selection by Patients: Evidence from a Family Practice in Krakow, Poland
Mukesh Chawla, Tomaz Tomasik, Marzena Kulis, Adam Windak, and Deirdre A. Rogers
Economics of A Family Practice in Krakow
Mukesh Chawla, Tomaz Tomasik, Marzena Kulis, and Adam Windak, July 1997
Physician Contracting in Suwalki
Dariusz Dudarewicz and Mukesh Chawla, February 1997
Cost Analysis and Efficiency Indicators for Health Care: Report Number 1 Summary Output for Bani Suef General Hospital, 1993-1994
Department of Planning, Ministry of Health and Population, Data for Decision Making, Harvard School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, January 1997
Cost Analysis and Efficiency Indicators for Health Care: Report Number 2 Summary Output for Suez General Hospital, 1993-1994
Department of Planning, Ministry of Health and Population, Data for Decision Making, Harvard School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, School of Public Health, January 1997
Cost Analysis and Efficiency Indicators for Health Care: Report Number 3 Summary Output for El Gamhuria General Hospital, 1993-1994
Department of Planning, Ministry of Health and Population, Data for Decision Making, Harvard School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, School of Public Health, January 1997
Cost Analysis and Efficiency Indicators for Health Care: Report Number 4 Summary Output for 19 Primary Health Care Facilities in Alexandria, Bani Suef and Suez, 1993-1994
Department of Planning, Ministry of Health and Population, Data for Decision Making, Harvard School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, School of Public Health, January 1997
Workshop Report — Cost and Cost-Effectiveness of Health Services, La Paz, Bolivia, May 9-11, 1995
Julia Walsh and David Anderson
Workshop on Using Cost-Effectiveness Analysis to Identify a Package of Priority Health Interventions, Port Said, Egypt, January 8-13, 1995
Julia Walsh and Hassan Salah
Health Care Utilization and Expenditures in the Arab Republic of Egypt
Department of Planning, Ministry of Health, Data for Decision Making, Harvard School of Public Heatlh, 1994-1995
Workshop on Using Cost-Effectiveness Analysis to Identify a Package of Priority Health Interventions, Egypt, July 3-7, 1994
Julia Walsh, Hassan Salah and Kristen Purdy
Selecting an Essential Package of Health Services Using Cost-Effectiveness Analysis: A Manual for Professionals in Developing Countries
Logan Brenzel, July 1993
The Impact of Economic and Demographic Factors on Government Health Expenditure in Poland
Mukesh Chawla, Dorota Kawiorska, and G. Chellaraj
Human Resources:
Global Fund investments in human resources for health: innovation and missed opportunities for health systems strengthening
Diana Bowser, Susan Powers Sparkes, Andrew Mitchell, Thomas J. Bossert, Till Bärnighausen, Gulin Gedik, & Rifat Atun, November 2013
Politics and Governance in Human Resources for Health
Andrew Mitchell and Thomas J. Bossert, 2013
General:
Controlling HIV/AIDS in China: Health System Challenges
Liy Y Kaufman J, Kleinman A, Saich A. eds. AIDS and Social Policies in China. Pp75-95. 2006. Cambridge: Harvard University Asia Center.
Cigarette smoking and poverty in China
Liu Y, Rao K, Hu T, Sun Q, Mao Z., Soc Sci Med. 2006; 63(11), 2784-2790.
Applying Managed Care Concepts and Tools to Middle and Lower Income Countries: The Case of Medical Aid Societies in Zimbabwe
Paul Campbell, Karen Quigley, Arlen Collins, MacDonald Chaora, and Pano Yericaris, June 2000
Public Relations in Health Sector Reform: The Experience from Cracow, Poland
Paul Campbell, Andrzej Rys, and Witoslaw Stepien, June 2000
Managed Care Guidebook
Karen Quigley, Arlen Collins, and Claudia Corra, March 2000
When is Syndronic Management of Sexually Transmitted Diseases Useful? An Analysis of the Literature
Catherine Gergen, Victoria Wilkins, Pratyma Ragunathan, Julia Walsh, March 2000
Data for Decision Making Project. United States Agency for International Development. Final Report: Overall Lessons Learned: Report on Project Activities
October 1, 1999 through June 30, 2000
Understanding the Supply Side: A Conceptual Framework for Describing and Analyzing the Provision of Health Care Services With an Application to Egypt
Peter Berman, August 1998
Enrollment Procedures and Self-selection By Patients: Evidence From A Family Practice in Krakow, Poland
Mukesh Chawla, Tomasz Tomasik, Marzena Kulis, Adam Windak, and Deirdre A. Rogers, April 1998
Poverty Measurement for Russia: A Briefing Paper
Patricia Langan, March 1994
Health Resources Planning Model (HRP): User’s Guide and Software
Oleh Wolowyna, Gustavo Angeles and Erin Newton, October 1993
A General Cohort-Component Population Project Model in Host (NPROJ): User’s Guide and Software 3.5
Oleh Wolowyna, Gustavo Angeles and Erin Newton, October 1993
Popular Participation in Bolivia
Oleh Wolowyna
Governance:
Health governance: principal–agent linkages and health system strengthening
Derick W Brinkerhoff and Thomas J Bossert, November 2012
Politics and Governance in Human Resources for Health
Andrew Mitchell and Thomas J. Bossert, 2013
Health Sector Reform:
Innovation and Change in the Chilean Health System
Thomas J. Bossert, Ph.D., and Thomas Leisewitz, M.D., M.P.H., January 7, 2016
Providing Health Insurance in Rural China: From Research to Policy
Liu Y, Rao K., Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 2006 31(1):71-92.
Matching Grants and Earmarking for Family Planning: Lessons for the Philippines
Diana Bowser, Thomas Bossert, Andrew Mitchell, DRAFT April 1, 2006
Overview of Contracting for the Provision of Primary Health Care Services in Developing Countries: Lessons for the Philippines for the Use of Contracting in the Provision of Reproducive Health Services and Contraceptive Coverage
Anna Heard, Thomas Bossert, Andrew Mitchell, DRAFT January 17, 2006
Comparative Study of Contraceptive Self-Reliance (CSR) Around the World: Lessons for the Philippines
Final Report, Nancy E. Brune, October 2005
International Experiences in Hospital Autonomy and Revenue Generation: Lessons for the Philippines
Andrew Mitchell, Thomas Bossert, DRAFT August 15, 2005
Integration Revisited (Millennium Project Background Paper, Columbia University, 2004)
Marc Mitchell, Susannah Mayhew, Irina Haivas
China’s Public Health-care System: Facing the Challenges
Liu Y, The World Health Organization Bulletin 2004; 82(7): 532-537.
Public Relations in Health Sector Reform: The Experience from Cracow, Poland
Paul Campbell, Andrzej Rys, and Witoslaw Stepien, June 2000
A Decade of Health Sector in Developing Countries: What Have We Learned?
Peter Berman and Thomas Bossert, March 15, 2000
Delivering a Package of RH Services: The Use of a Matrix of Services
Mitchell, M. World Bank Institute, 1999
Egypt: Strategies for Health Sector Change
Peter Berman, Michael Reich, Julia Walsh, A.K. Nandakumar, Nancy Pollock, Hassan Salah, Winnie Yip, Nihal Hafez and Ali Swelam, August 1995
Health Sector Reform in Developing Countries: Making Health Development Sustainable
Peter Berman, Editor, Harvard University Press, 1995
Health Sector Reform in Africa: Lessons Learned
Dayl Donaldson, March 1994
Egypt: Health Sector Brief
Dayl Donaldson, November 12, 1993
Health Sector Reform in Developing Countries: Issues for the 1990’s, Conference Report, September 10-13, 1993, Durham, NH
Patrician Langan, Editors: Peter Berman and Julia Walsh
Proceedings of the Workshop on Using Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) Data for Health Sector Reform, Boston, MA, August 2-20, 1993
Allan Hill, David Anderson, Laura Nyhagen
Notes on Health Sector Reform in Poland
Peter Berman, Andrzej Rys, Thomas Bossert, and Paul Campbell
Hospital Autonomy:
Initiatives in Health Care Financing: Lessons Learned, HHRA/DDM East/Southern Africa Regional Workshop Proceedings Harare, Zimbabwe May 26-29,1997
Mark McEuen, et al., August 1997
Hospital Autonomy in Indonesia
Thomas Bossert, Soewarta Kosen, Budi Harsono and Ascobat Gani, April 1997
Recent Experiences with Hospital Autonomy in Developing Countries — What Can We Learn?
Ramesh Govindaraj and Mukesh Chawla, September 1996
Récentes Expériences en Matière d’Autonomie Hospitalière dans les Pays en Développement — Que Peut-on en Tirer?
Ramesh Govindaraj et Mukesh Chawla, Septembre 1996
L’Autonomie Hospitalière: Sommaires des Expériences de Cinq Pays
September 1996
Improving Hospital Performance through Policies to Increase Hospital Autonomy: Methodological Guidelines
Mukesh Chawla and Peter Berman, August 1996
L’Autonomie Hospitalière: Guide Méthodologique
Mukesh Chawla, Ramesh Govindaraj, Peter Berman, et Jack Needleman, Août 1996
Hospital Autonomy in Ghana: The Experience of Korle Bu and Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospitals
Ramesh Govindaraj, A.A.D. Obuobi, N.K.A. Enyimayew, P. Antwi and S. Ofosu-Amaah, August 1996
Improving Hospital Performance through Policies to Increase Hospital Autonomy: Implementation Guidelines
Mukesh Chawla and Ramesh Govindaraj, August 1996
L’Autonomie Hospitalière: Guide de Mise en Oeuvre
Mukesh Chawla et Ramesh Govindaraj, Aût 1996
Hospital Autonomy in India: The Experience of APVVP Hospitals
Mukesh Chawla and Alex George, July 1996
Hospital Autonomy in Zimbabwe
Jack Needleman and Mukesh Chawla, with Oliver Mudyarabikwa, July 1996
Hospital Autonomy in Kenya: The Experience of Kenyatta National Hospital
David H. Collins, Grace Njeru and Julius Meme, June 1996
Insurance:
Willingness to pay for social health insurance among informal sector workers in Wuhan, China: a contingent valuation study.
Baernighausen T, Liu Y, Zhang X, Sauerborn R., BMC Health Serv Res. 2007 Jul. 20; 7:114.
Health care in China: The role of non-government providers
Liu Y, Berman P, Yip W, Liang H, Meng Q, Qu J, Li Z. Health Policy. 2006 Jul;77(2):212-20.
Rural health insurance in China: from research to policy
Liu Y, Rao K., Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 2006 31(1):71-92.
The development of China’s rural health insurance
Liu Y., Health Policy and Planning 2004; 19(3): 159-165.
China’s public health-care system: facing the challenges
Liu Y,The World Health Organization Bulletin 2004; 82(7): 532-537.
Medical Expenditure and Rural Impoverishment in China
Liu Y, Rao K, Hsiao WC. Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition 2003; 21(3): 216-222.
Reforming China’s urban health insurance system
Liu Y., Health Policy 2002 (60): 133-150.
National Health Insurance in Poland: A Coach Without Horses?
Peter Berman, April 1998
School Health Insurance — The Experience in Egypt: A Case Study
A.K. Nandakumar and Ali Swelam, 1995
Management Information Systems:
Improving Care — Improving Access: The Use of Electronic Decision Support with AIDS Patients in South Africa
Marc Mitchell, Neal Lesh, et. al, International Journal of Healthcare Technology and Management (2008)
Health Budget Tracking System — Egypt, BTS Phase II: Final Report
Gordon Cressman, July 2, 1998
Health Budget Tracking System — Egypt Phase I: Software Guide
Gordon Cressman, October 1996
Health Budget Tracking System — Egypt Phase I: Final Report
Gordon Cressman and Mahmoud Abdel Latif, September 1996
Workshop Proceedings: First Health Budget Tracking System Workshop, Cairo, Egypt, June 18-20, 1995
Gordon Cressman, Oleh Wolowyna (RTI) and Mahmoud Abdel Latif
Health Budget Tracking System: Classification of Health Expenditures by Function
Gordon Cressman and Mahmoud Abdel Latif, 18 October 1995
Health Budget Tracking System — Phase I Pilot Study Results: Alexandria 1992/93
Gordon Cressman and Oleh Wolowyna, April 18, 1995
Health Budget Tracking System — Phase I Pilot Study Results: Bani Suef 1992/93
Gordon Cressman and Oleh Wolowyna, April 18, 1995
*29. Health Budget Tracking System — Phase I Pilot Study Results: Suez 1992/93
Gordon Cressman and Oleh Wolowyna, April 18, 1995
11. A General Cohort-Component Population Project Model in Host (NPROJ): User’s Guide and Software 3.5
Oleh Wolowyna, Gustavo Angeles and Erin Newton, October 1993
National Health Accounts:
The Distribution of Health Care Resources in Egypt: Implications for Equity An Analysis Using A National Health Accounts Framework
Ravindra Rannan-Eliya, Claudia Blanco-Vidal, A. K. Nandakumar, July 1999
Egypt National Health Accounts 1994/95
Ravi P. Rannan-Eliya, Khaled H. Nada, Abeer M. Kamal, Ahmed Ibrahim Ali, Department of Planning/Ministry of Health, Egypt and Data for Decision Making Project, October 15, 1997
National Health Accounts in Developing Countries: Appropriate Methods and Recent Applications
Peter Berman, October 23, 1996
Cuentas Nacionales en Países en Desarrollo: Métodos Adecuados y Aplicaciones Recientes
Peter Berman, 23 de Octubre de 1996
Cuentas Nacionales en Países en Desarrollo: Mejorando los Fundamentos
Ravindra Rannan-Eliya y Peter Berman, 20 de Octubre de 1995
National Health Accounts of Egypt
Department of Planning/Ministry of Health, Egypt and Data for Decision Making Project, October 20, 1995
Cuentas Nacionales de Salud para Egipto
El Departamento de Planificatión/Ministerio de Salud, República Arabe de Egipto y el Proyecto Data Decision Making, 20 de Octubre de 1995
National Health Accounts in Developing Countries: Improving the Foundation
Ravindra Rannan-Eliya and Peter Berman, August 1993
Policy and Policy Process:
Providing Health Insurance in Rural China: From Research to Policy
Liu Y, Rao K., Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 2006 31(1):71-92.
Integration Revisited (Millennium Project Background Paper, Columbia University, 2004)
Marc Mitchell, Susannah Mayhew, Irina Haivas
Enhancing the Political Feasibility of Health Reform: A Comparative Analysis of Chile, Colombia, and Mexico
Alejandra González-Rossetti and Thomas Bossert, June 2000
English
Spanish
Guidelines for Enhancing the Political Feasibility of Health Reform in Latin America Alejandra González-Rossetti and Thomas Bossert, June 2000
English
Spanish
Methodological Guidelines for Enhancing the Political Feasibility of Health Reform in Latin America
Thomas Bossert, June 2000
Enhancing the Political Feasibility of Health Reform: The Chile Case
Alejandra González-Rossetti, Tomas Chuaqui and Consuelo Espinosa, June 2000
Enhancing the Political Feasibility of Health Reform: The Colombia Case
Alejandra González-Rossetti and Patricia Ramírez, June 2000
Enhancing the Political Feasibility of Health Reform: The Mexico Case
Alejandra González-Rossetti and Olivia Mogollon, June 2000
Poland Health Policy: Democracy and Governance At Local Levels In International Perspective
Thomas Bossert
Unpredictable Politics: Policy Process of Health Reform in Poland
Thomas Bossert and Cesary Wlodarczyk, January 2000
Health Care Options for Polish Municipalities: The Implications of International Experience
Marc Roberts and Thomas Bossert
Comparative Analysis of Policy Processes: Enhancing the Political Feasibility of Health Reform
Alejandra González Rossetti and Thomas Bossert, November 1999
PolicyMaker 4 Software, Computer-Assisted Political Analysis
Michael Reich and David Cooper, 1996
PVOs and NGOs: Promotion of Democracy and Health
Adrienne Allison and James Macinko, November 1994
Democracy and Democratization in Developing Countries
Stanley Samarasinghe, July 1994
Political Mapping of Health Policy: A Guide for Managing the Political Dimensions of Health Policy
Michael Reich, June 1994
Democracy, Communism and Health Status: A Cross-National Study
Ramesh Govindaraj and Ravindra Rannan-Eliya, March 1994
Democratization and Health: Implications for MOH Policies
Charlotte Gardiner, February 1994
Democracy and Health Series: An Overview of Issues Presented in Four Papers
Michael Reich, January 1994
Providers:
Egypt Provider Survey Report
Department of Planning, Ministry of Health, Data for Decision Making, Harvard School of Public Health, 1994-1995
Public/Private Sector:
Health care in China: The Role of Non-government Providers
Liu Y, Berman P, Yip W, Liang H, Meng Q, Qu J, Li Z. Health Policy. 2006 Jul;77(2):212-20.
Integration Revisited (Millennium Project Background Paper, Columbia University, 2004)
Marc Mitchell, Susannah Mayhew, Irina Haivas
Privatization and Payments : Lessons for Poland from Chile and Colombia
Thomas Bossert, March 2000,
An Overview of Public Private Partnerships in Health
Mitchell M., 2008
“Models of Service Delivery” in Public-Private Partnerships in the Social Sector: Issues and Country Experiences in Asia and the Pacific
Mitchell M., Yidan Wang, ed., Tokyo: Asian Development Bank Institute Publishing, 1998
Provision of Ambulatory Health Services in Poland: A Case Study from Krakow
Mukesh Chawla, Peter Berman, Adam Windak, and Marzena Kulis
Financing Health Services in Poland: New Evidence on Private Expenditures
Mukesh Chawla, Peter Berman, and Dorota Kawiorska
Private Health Care Provision in Developing Countries: A Preliminary Analysis of Levels and Composite
Kara Hanson and Peter Berman
Perception of Health Status and Limitations in Activities of Daily Living among the Egyptian Elderly
A.K. Nandakumar, Maha El-Adawy, Marc A. Cohen, December 1998
Enrollment Procedures and Self-selection by Patients: Evidence from a Family Practice in Krakow, Poland
Mukesh Chawla, Tomaz Tomasik, Marzena Kulis, Adam Windak, and Deirdre A. Rogers
Economics of A Family Practice in Krakow
Mukesh Chawla, Tomaz Tomasik, Marzena Kulis, and Adam Windak, July 1997
Physician Contracting in Suwalki
Dariusz Dudarewicz and Mukesh Chawla, February 1997
Paying the Physician: Review of Different Methods
Mukesh Chawla, Adam Windak, Peter Berman, and Marzena Kulis, January 1997
Contracting Family Practice in Krakow: Early Experience
Adam Windak, Mukesh Chawla, Peter Berman, and Marzena Kulis, January 1997
Formal and Informal Household Spending on Health: A Multicountry Study in Central and Eastern Europe.
Merck IPP Final Report. Central and Eastern European Health Network.
Zambia National Conference on Public/Private Partnership for Health, Conference Proceedings, Siavonga, Zambia, June 8-11, 1995
Kasirim Nwuke and Abraham Bekele
Kenya: Non-Governmental Health Care Provision
Peter Berman, Kasirim Nwuke, Kara Hanson, Muthoni Kariuki, Karanja Mbugua, Tom Omurwa and Sam Ongayo, April 1995
Zambia: Non-Governmental Health Care Provision
Peter Berman, Kasirim Nwuke, Ravindra Rannan-Eliya and Allast Mwanza, January 12, 1995
Private and Non-Governmental Providers: Partners for Public Health in Africa, Conference Report, Nairobi, Kenya, November 28 – December 1, 1994
Gerald Hursh-Cesar, Peter Berman, Kara Hanson, Ravi Rannan-Eliya and Joseph Rittmann
Summary of Country Studies: Private Providers’ Contributions to Public Health in Four African Countries, Conference –
Private and Non-Governmental Providers: Partners for Public Health in Africa, Nairobi, Kenya, November 28 – December 1, 1994
Gerald Hursh-Cesar, Peter Berman, Kara Hanson, Ravi Rannan-Eliya, Joseph Rittmann and Kristen Purdy
Case Studies of Mosque and Church Clinics in Cairo, Egypt
Priti Dave Sen, December 1994
The Role of Private Providers in Maternal and Child Health and Family Planning Services in Developing Countries
Peter Berman and Laura Rose and Research Triangle Institute, November 1994
Non-Government Financing and Provision of Health Services in Africa: A Background Paper
Kara Hanson and Peter Berman, July 1994
Assessing the Private Sector: Using Non-Government Resources to Strengthen Public Health Goals: Methodological Guidelines
Peter Berman and Kara Hanson, February 1994
Consultation on the Private Health Sector in Africa –Summary of Proceedings , Washington, DC, September 22-23, 1993
Peter Berman and Kara Hanson
Quality:
Improving Care — Improving Access: The Use of Electronic Decision Support with AIDS Patients in South Africa
Marc Mitchell, Neal Lesh, et. al, International Journal of Healthcare Technology and Management (2008)
The Relative Importance of Price and Quality in Consumer Choice of Provider: The Case of Egypt
Winnie Yip and Aniceto Orbeta, September 1999
Quality of Outpatient Services, Krakow Gmina
Ann G. Lawthers and Bogdan S. Rózanski, May 1998
Reproductive Health and Health Systems:
Improving Care — Improving Access: The Use of Electronic Decision Support with AIDS Patients in South Africa
Marc Mitchell, Neal Lesh, et. al, International Journal of Healthcare Technology and Management (2008)
The Rationale for Family Planning in Ukraine: Evidence from Europe, Eurasia, and the US
Thomas J. Bossert, Diana M. Bowser, Asta M. Kenney, Laurentiu M. Stan, Anthony A. Hutgins, August 2007
English
Ukrainian
Liu Y, Kaufman J. “Controlling HIV/AIDS in China: Health System Challenges”.
In Kaufman J, Kleinman A, Saich A. eds. AIDS and Social Policies in China. Pp75-95. 2006. Cambridge: Harvard University Asia Center.
Matching Grants and Earmarking for Family Planning: Lessons for the Philippines
Diana Bowser, Thomas Bossert, Andrew Mitchell, DRAFT April 1, 2006
Overview of Contracting for the Provision of Primary Health Care Services in Developing Countries: Lessons for the Philippines for the Use of Contracting in the Provision of Reproducive Health Services and Contraceptive Coverage
Anna Heard, Thomas Bossert, Andrew Mitchell, DRAFT January 17, 2006
Comparative Study of Contraceptive Self-Reliance (CSR) Around the World: Lessons for the Philippines
Final Report, Nancy E. Brune, October 2005
International Experiences in Hospital Autonomy and Revenue Generation: Lessons for the Philippines
Andrew Mitchell, Thomas Bossert, DRAFT August 15, 2005
Integration Revisited (Millennium Project Background Paper, Columbia University, 2004)
Marc Mitchell, Susannah Mayhew, Irina Haivas
Delivering a Package of RH Services: The Use of a Matrix of Services.
Mitchell, M. World Bank Institute, 1999
Resource Mobilization:
Resource Mobilization: Methodological Guidelines
Mukesh Chawla and Peter Berman, August 1997
Initiatives in Health Care Financing: Lessons Learned, HHRA/DDM East/Southern Africa Regional Workshop Proceedings, Harare, Zimbabwe May 26-29,1997
Mark McEuen, et al., August 1997
La Mobilisation des Ressources: Guide Méthodologique
Mukesh Chawla et Peter Berman, Août 1997
Resource Mobilization in Sri Lanka’s Health Sector
Ravindra Rannan-Eliya, Nishan de Mel, Daya Samarasinghe, Harsha Aturupane, Hema Wijeratne and Research International (Pvt.) Ltd., February 1997
Resource Mobilization for the Health Sector in Zimbabwe
Charles Normand, Glyn Chapman, Oliver Mudyarabikwa, Mukesh Chawla and Jack Needleman, December 1996
Developing and Implementing a Resource Mobilization Strategy
Mukesh Chawla and Peter Berman, September 1996
Stratégie de Mobilisation des Ressources: Développement et Mise en Oeuvre (Premier Draft)
Mukesh Chawla et Peter Berman, Septembre 1996
Côte d’Ivoire Resource Mobilization: Executive Summary
Ministry of Public Health and the National Institute of Public Health, Côte d’Ivoire, September 1996
Mobilisation des Ressources de Santé en Côte d’Ivoire
Ministère de la Santé Publique et Institut National de Santé Publique Côte d’Ivoire, Septembre 1996
La Mobilisation des Ressources: Sommaires des Expériences des Etudes
Septembre 1996
Resource Mobilization for the Health Sector in Senegal
Moustapha Sakho, Malick Cisse, Laurence Codjia, Soumaïla Compaore and Mukesh Chawla, August 1996
Etude des Stratégies de Mobilisation des Ressources dans le Secteur de la Santé: Le Cas du Sénégal
(Premier Draft)
Moustapha Sakho, Malick Cisse, Laurence Codjia, Soumaïla Compaore et Mukesh Chawla, Août 1996
Resource Mobilization for the Health Sector in Bolivia
Marina Cárdenas Robles, Jorge A. Muñoz and Mukesh Chawla, July 1996
Experiences with Resource Mobilization Strategies in Five Developing Countries — What Can We Learn?
Mukesh Chawla and Ravindra Rannan-Eliya, May 1996
Expériences en Matière de Mobilisation des Ressources dans Cinq Pays en Développement — Que Peut-on en Tirer?
Mukesh Chawla et Ravindra Rannan-Eliya, May 1996
Social Capital:
Building Social Capital through Human Capital Development Programs in Rural Nicaragua: An Evaluation of MSH Management and Leadership Programs in Waslala and Pantasma
Nancy Brune, Thomas Bossert, Diana Bowser, Freddy Solis, August 2005
Construyendo Capital Social a través de Programas de Desarrollo de Capital Humano en Áreas Rurales de Nicaragua Una evaluación del Programa de Gerencia y Liderazgo en Waslala y Pantasma
Nancy Brune, Thomas Bossert, Diana Bowser, Freddy Solis, Agosto 2005
Social Capital and Health in Nicaraguan Communities
Thomas Bossert, Nancy Brune, Diana Bowser, Freddy Solis, December 2003
Capital Social y Salud en Comunidades de Nicaragua
Thomas Bossert, Nancy Brune, Diana Bowser, Freddy Solis, Diciembre 2003
Exploratory Study of Social Capital and Social Programs in Morocco
Thomas Bossert, Diana Bowser, Volkan Cakir, Andrew Mitchell, Final DRAFT May 2003
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