Search Results - "Evans, David B"

Financial risk protection and universal health coverage: evidence and measurement challenges by Saksena, Priyanka, Hsu, Justine, Evans, David B

“…Financial risk protection is a key component of universal health coverage (UHC), which is defined as access to all needed quality health services without…”
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Universal health coverage and universal access by Evans, David B, Hsu, Justine, Boerma, Ties

“…Coverage builds on access by ensuring actual receipt of services. [...]universal health coverage and universal access to health services are complementary…”
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Health-system resilience: reflections on the Ebola crisis in western Africa by Kieny, Marie-Paule, Evans, David B, Schmets, Gerard, Kadandale, Sowmya

“…The current Ebola virus disease outbreak in western Africa highlights how an epidemic can proliferate rapidly and pose huge problems in the absence of a strong…”
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Health systems financing and the path to universal coverage by Evans, David B, Etienne, Carissa

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The financial burden from non-communicable diseases in low- and middle-income countries: a literature review by Kankeu, Hyacinthe Tchewonpi, Saksena, Priyanka, Xu, Ke, Evans, David B

“…Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) were previously considered to only affect high-income countries. However, they now account for a very large burden in terms of…”
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Protecting Households From Catastrophic Health Spending by Xu, Ke, Evans, David B, Carrin, Guido, Aguilar-Rivera, Ana Mylena, Musgrove, Philip, Evans, Timothy

“…Many countries rely heavily on patients' out-of-pocket payments to providers to finance their health care systems. This prevents some people from seeking care…”
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Can Economic Analysis Contribute to Disease Elimination and Eradication? A Systematic Review by Sicuri, Elisa, Evans, David B, Tediosi, Fabrizio

“…Infectious diseases elimination and eradication have become important areas of focus for global health and countries. Due to the substantial up-front…”
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Household catastrophic health expenditure: a multicountry analysis by Xu, Ke, Evans, David B, Kawabata, Kei, Zeramdini, Riadh, Klavus, Jan, Murray, Christopher JL

“…Health policy makers have long been concerned with protecting people from the possibility that ill health will lead to catastrophic financial payments and…”
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Universal coverage of health services: tailoring its implementation by Carrin, Guy, Mathauer, Inke, Xu, Ke, Evans, David B

“…In 2005, the Member States of WHO adopted a resolution encouraging countries to develop health financing systems capable of achieving and/or maintaining…”
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Effectiveness and costs of interventions to lower systolic blood pressure and cholesterol: a global and regional analysis on reduction of cardiovascular-disease risk by Murray, Christopher JL, Lauer, Jeremy A, Hutubessy, Raymond CW, Niessen, Louis, Tomijima, Niels, Rodgers, Anthony, Lawes, Carlene MM, Evans, David B

“…Cardiovascular disease accounts for much morbidity and mortality in developed countries and is becoming increasingly important in less developed regions…”
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Beyond clinical skills: key capacities needed for universal health coverage by Tangcharoensathien, Viroj, Evans, David B

“…Global commitment to achieving universal health coverage (UHC) has grown stronger in recent years. With this, commitment has come the realization that for UHC…”
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Development assistance for health in Africa: are we telling the right story? by VAN DE MAELE, Nathalie, EVANS, David B, TAN-TORRES, Tessa

“…To describe the different types of data sets on aid flows, what they capture and the types of questions they answer, and to explore the extent of variation in…”
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Variability in costs across hospital wards. A study of Chinese hospitals by Adam, Taghreed, Evans, David B, Ying, Bian, Murray, Christopher J L

“…Analysts estimating the costs or cost-effectiveness of health interventions requiring hospitalization often cut corners because they lack data and the costs of…”
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Procedural fairness in health financing for universal health coverage: why, what and how by Gopinathan, Unni, Dale, Elina, Evans, David B

“…Amid successive shocks to the global economy, persistent inequalities within and between countries and limited availability of public resources, policymakers…”
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Health worker remuneration in WHO Member States by Hernandez-Peña, P, Poullier, J P, Van Mosseveld, C J M, Van de Maele, N, Cherilova, V, Indikadahena, C, Lie, G, Tan-Torres, T, Evans, David B

“…To present the available data on the money spent by Member States of the World Health Organization (WHO) on remunerating health workers in the public and…”
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Universal health coverage is a development issue by Evans, David B, Marten, Robert, Etienne, Carissa

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Econometric estimation of country-specific hospital costs by Adam, Taghreed, Evans, David B, Murray, Christopher JL

“…Information on the unit cost of inpatient and outpatient care is an essential element for costing, budgeting and economic-evaluation exercises. Many countries…”
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New strides towards fair processes for financing universal health coverage by Kurowski, Christoph, Evans, David B, Ottersen, Trygve, Gopinathan, Unni, Dale, Elina, Norheim, Ole Frithjof

“…Fair processes in health financing decisions should not be undervalued or perceived as secondary to the goals of universal health coverage. By integrating…”
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The health worker shortage in Africa : are enough physicians and nurses being trained? by KINFU, Yohannes, DAL POZ, Mario R, MERCER, Hugo, EVANS, David B

“…To estimate systematically the inflow and outflow of health workers in Africa and examine whether current levels of pre-service training in the region suffice…”
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Criteria for the procedural fairness of health financing decisions: a scoping review by Dale, Elina, Peacocke, Elizabeth F, Movik, Espen, Voorhoeve, Alex, Ottersen, Trygve, Kurowski, Christoph, Evans, David B, Norheim, Ole Frithjof, Gopinathan, Unni

“…Abstract Due to constraints on institutional capacity and financial resources, the road to universal health coverage (UHC) involves difficult policy choices…”
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