Browsing Bergen Open Research Archive by Journals "Health Policy and Planning"
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Allocating external financing for health: a discrete choice experiment of stakeholder preferences
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018-02-05)Most donors of external financing for health use allocation policies to determine which countries are eligible to receive financial support and how much support each should receive. Currently, most of these policies place ... -
The burden of household out-of-pocket health expenditures in Ethiopia: estimates from a nationally representative survey (2015–16)
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)In Ethiopia, little is known about the extent of out-of-pocket health expenditures and the associated financial hardships at national and regional levels. We estimated the incidence of both catastrophic and impoverishing ... -
A cost-effectiveness analysis of maternal and neonatal health interventions in Ethiopia
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-05-18)Ethiopia is one of the sub-Saharan African countries contributing to the highest number of maternal and neonatal deaths. Coverage of maternal and neonatal health (MNH) interventions has remained very low in Ethiopia. We ... -
Costs and consequences of abortions to women and their households: A cross-sectional study in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015)Little is known about the costs and consequences of abortions to women and their households. Our aim was to study both costs and consequences of induced and spontaneous abortions and complications. We carried out a ... -
Criteria for the procedural fairness of health financing decisions: a scoping review
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Due to constraints on institutional capacity and financial resources, the road to universal health coverage (UHC) involves difficult policy choices. To assist with these choices, scholars and policy makers have done extensive ... -
Does payment for performance increase performance inequalities across health providers? A case study of Tanzania
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018)The impact of payment-for-performance (P4P) schemes in the health sector has been documented, but there has been little attention to the distributional effects of P4P across health facilities. We examined the distribution ... -
Economic cost of primary prevention of cardiovascular diseases in Tanzania
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-08-11)Tanzania is facing a double burden of disease, with non-communicable diseases being an increasingly important contributor. Evidence-based preventive measures are important to limit the growing financial burden. This article ... -
Equity in public health spending in Ethiopia: a benefit incidence analysis
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Inequality in access and utilization of health services because of socioeconomic status is unfair, and it should be monitored and corrected with appropriate remedial action. Therefore, this study aimed to estimate the ... -
Health gains and financial protection provided by the Ethiopian Mental Health Strategy: an extended cost-effectiveness analysis
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017-04)Background: Mental and neurological (MN) health care has long been neglected in low-income settings. This paper estimates health and non-health impacts of fully publicly financed care for selected key interventions in the ... -
How do decision-makers use evidence in community health policy and financing decisions? A qualitative study and conceptual framework in four African countries
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Various investments could help countries deliver on the universal health coverage (UHC) goals set by the global community; community health is a pillar of many national strategies towards UHC. Yet despite resource mobilization ... -
Juridification of maternal deaths in Ethiopia: A study of the Maternal and Perinatal Death Surveillance and Response (MPDSR) system
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Juridification of maternal health care is on the rise globally, but little is known about its manifestations in resource constrained settings in sub-Saharan Africa. The Maternal and Perinatal Death Surveillance and Response ... -
'Maternal deaths should simply be 0': Politicization of maternal death reporting and review processes in Ethiopia
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-07-31)The Maternal Death Surveillance and Response system (MDSR) was implemented in Ethiopia in 2013 to record and review maternal deaths. The overall aim of the system is to identify and address gaps in order to prevent future ... -
New approaches to ranking countries for the allocation of development assistance for health: Choices, indicators and implications
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018-02)The distributions of income and health within and across countries are changing. This challenges the way donors allocate development assistance for health (DAH) and particularly the role of gross national income per capita ... -
New strides towards fair processes for financing universal health coverage
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Fair processes in health financing decisions should not be undervalued or perceived as secondary to the goals of universal health coverage. By integrating fair-process principles and criteria into health financing decisions, ... -
Scaling-up essential neuropsychiatric services in Ethiopia: a cost-effectiveness analysis
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015-10-21)Introduction: There is an immense need for scaling-up neuropsychiatric care in low-income countries. Contextualized cost-effectiveness analyses (CEAs) provide relevant information for local policies. The aim of this study ... -
A systems perspective on the importance of global health strategy developments for accomplishing today's Sustainable Development Goals
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-07-30)Priority setting within health systems has not led to accountable, fair and sustainable solutions to improving population health. Providers, users and other stakeholders each have their own health and service priorities ...