Documents et rapports

An Analysis of Clinical Knowledge, Absenteeism, and Availability of Resources for Maternal and Child Health : A Cross-Sectional Quality of Care Study in 10 African Countries (anglais)

This paper assesses the quality of health care across African countries based on health providers' clinical knowledge, their clinic attendance, and drug availability, with a focus on seven conditions accounting...

Workshop Report : Strengthening Public Financial Management in Health (anglais)

The workshop explored the importance of human capital, what drives poor performance, and how this is related to public financial management. The first session on human capital was led by Alexandra Posarac...

What Are Governments Spending on Health in East and Southern Africa? (anglais)

Progress toward universal health care (UHC) in Africa will require sustained increases in public spending on health and reduced reliance on out-of-pocket financing. This article reviews trends and patterns...

Fresh Money for Health? The (False?) Promise of 'Innovative Financing' for Health in Malawi (anglais)

Since 2013, the government of Malawi has been pursuing a number of health reforms, which include plans to increase domestic financing for health through ‘innovative financing.’ As part of these reforms...

Introduction to Special Issue on Health Financing in East and Southern Africa (anglais)

This special issue on health financing in East and Sothern Africa comes at an opportune time. Economic growth in the region is contributing to a changing lifestyle and an increasing burden of noncommunicable...

Contracting for primary health care in Brazil : the cases of Bahia and Rio de Janeiro (anglais)

This study presents two case studies, each on a current initiative of contracting for primary health services in Brazil, one for the state of Bahia, the other for the city of Rio de Janeiro. The two initiatives...

Brazil - QUALISUS-REDE Brazil Health Network Formation and Quality Improvement Project : P088716 - Implementation Status Results Report : Sequence 10 (anglais)

Brazil - Pernambuco Equity and Inclusive Growth DPL : P132768 - Implementation Status Results Report : Sequence 02 (anglais)

Assessing the elimination of user fees for delivery services in Laos (anglais)

A pilot eliminating user fees associated with delivery at the point of services was introduced in two districts of Laos in March 2009. Following two years of implementation, an evaluation was conducted...

Brazil - QUALISUS-REDE Brazil Health Network Formation and Quality Improvement Project : P088716 - Implementation Status Results Report : Sequence 09 (anglais)

Brazil - Pernambuco Equity and Inclusive Growth DPL : P132768 - Implementation Status Results Report : Sequence 01 (anglais)

Twenty years of health system reform in Brazil : an assessment of the sistema unico de saude (anglais)

It has been more than 20 years since Brazil's 1988 Constitution formally established the Unified Health System (Sistema Unico de Saude, SUS). Building on reforms that started in the 1980s, the SUS represented...

Brazil - QUALISUS-REDE Brazil Health Network Formation and Quality Improvement Project : P088716 - Implementation Status Results Report : Sequence 08 (anglais)

Brazil - QUALISUS-REDE Brazil Health Network Formation and Quality Improvement Project : P088716 - Implementation Status Results Report : Sequence 07 (anglais)

Government spending and central-local relations in Thailand's health sector (anglais)

This paper focuses on efficiency and equity in the financing of health services, and the evolving role of central and local government in the health sector. Thailand has seen significant improvements in...

Are health shocks different? : evidence from a multi-shock survey in Laos (anglais)

Using primary data from Laos, the authors compare a broad range of different types of shocks in terms of their incidence, distribution between the poor and better off, idiosyncrasy, costs, coping responses...

Brazil - QUALISUS-REDE Brazil Health Network Formation and Quality Improvement Project : P088716 - Implementation Status Results Report : Sequence 06 (anglais)

Thailand - Public finance management report (anglais)

This discussion paper is one of five discussion papers for the Thailand public financial management report. It focuses on efficiency and equity in the financing of health services, and the evolving role...

Discovering the real world : health workers' career choices and early work experience in Ethiopia (anglais)

The Ethiopian health sector faces a number of challenges related to human resources, including geographical imbalances in the distribution of health workers, problems with job satisfaction, and a high...

Are health shocks different ? evidence from a multi-shock survey in Laos (anglais)

In Laos health shocks are more common than most other shocks and more concentrated among the poor. They tend to be more idiosyncratic than non-health shocks, and are more costly, partly because they lead...