Browsing Department of Global Public Health and Primary Care by Author "Wakim, Paul"
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Bedside Rationing Under Resource Constraints—A National Survey of Ethiopian Physicians’ Use of Criteria for Priority Setting
Defaye, Frehiwot Berhane; Danis, Marion; Wakim, Paul; Berhane, Yemane; Norheim, Ole Frithjof; Miljeteig, Ingrid (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)In low-income settings resource constraints force clinicians to make harsh choices. We examine the criteria Ethiopian physicians use in their bedside rationing decisions through a national survey at 49 public hospitals in ... -
Financial risk protection at the bedside: How Ethiopian physicians try to minimize out-of-pocket health expenditures
Miljeteig, Ingrid; Defaye, Frehiwot Berhane; Wakim, Paul; Desalegn, Dawit; Berhane, Yemane; Norheim, Ole Frithjof; Danis, Marion (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-02-12)Background: Out-of-pocket health expenditures can pose major financial risks, create access-barriers and drive patients and families into poverty. Little is known about physicians’ role in financial protection of patients ...