Search Results - "Herrera, Cristian"

Does ownership matter? An overview of systematic reviews of the performance of private for-profit, private not-for-profit and public healthcare providers by Herrera, Cristian A, Rada, Gabriel, Kuhn-Barrientos, Lucy, Barrios, Ximena

“…Ownership of healthcare providers has been considered as one factor that might influence their health and healthcare related performance. The aim of this…”
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Anticipating the COVID-19-related surge in cancer care demand is urgent in Latin America and the Caribbean by Herrera, Cristian A, Fernández, Piga, Bhadelia, Afsan, Maza, Mauricio

“…In Latin America and the Caribbean, cancer services have been reported to be foregone or delayed, including first-time visits to oncology services, pathology,…”
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Implementation strategies for health systems in low-income countries: an overview of systematic reviews by Pantoja, Tomas, Opiyo, Newton, Lewin, Simon, Paulsen, Elizabeth, Ciapponi, Agustín, Wiysonge, Charles S, Herrera, Cristian A, Rada, Gabriel, Peñaloza, Blanca, Dudley, Lilian, Gagnon, Marie-Pierre, Garcia Marti, Sebastian, Oxman, Andrew D

“…A key function of health systems is implementing interventions to improve health, but coverage of essential health interventions remains low in low-income…”
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Characterising COVID-19 empirical research production in Latin America and the Caribbean: A scoping review by Mansilla, Cristián, Herrera, Cristian A, Boeira, Laura, Yearwood, Andrea, Lopez, Analia S, Colunga-Lozano, Luis E, Brocard, Eva, Villacres, Tatiana, Vélez, Marcela, Di Paolantonio, Gabriel, Reveiz, Ludovic

“…The Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID19) pandemic has struck Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) particularly hard. One of the crucial areas in the…”
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Appraising pay-for-performance in healthcare in low- and middle-income countries through systematic reviews: reflections from two teams by Diaconu, Karin, Witter, Sophie, Binyaruka, Peter, Borghi, Josephine, Brown, Garrett W, Singh, Neha, Herrera, Cristian A

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Pharmaceutical policies: effects of regulating drug insurance schemes by Pantoja, Tomas, Peñaloza, Blanca, Cid, Camilo, Herrera, Cristian A, Ramsay, Craig R, Hudson, Jemma

“…Drug insurance schemes are systems that provide access to medicines on a prepaid basis and could potentially improve access to essential medicines and reduce…”
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Financial arrangements for health systems in low-income countries: an overview of systematic reviews by Wiysonge, Charles S, Paulsen, Elizabeth, Lewin, Simon, Ciapponi, Agustín, Herrera, Cristian A, Opiyo, Newton, Pantoja, Tomas, Rada, Gabriel, Oxman, Andrew D

“…One target of the Sustainable Development Goals is to achieve "universal health coverage, including financial risk protection, access to quality essential…”
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Delivery arrangements for health systems in low-income countries: an overview of systematic reviews by Ciapponi, Agustín, Lewin, Simon, Herrera, Cristian A, Opiyo, Newton, Pantoja, Tomas, Paulsen, Elizabeth, Rada, Gabriel, Wiysonge, Charles S, Bastías, Gabriel, Dudley, Lilian, Flottorp, Signe, Gagnon, Marie-Pierre, Garcia Marti, Sebastian, Glenton, Claire, Okwundu, Charles I, Peñaloza, Blanca, Suleman, Fatima, Oxman, Andrew D

“…Delivery arrangements include changes in who receives care and when, who provides care, the working conditions of those who provide care, coordination of care…”
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COVID-19 Disruption To Routine Health Care Services: How 8 Latin American And Caribbean Countries Responded by Herrera, Cristian A, Juárez-Ramírez, Clara, Reyes-Morales, Hortensia, Bedregal, Paula, Reartes-Peñafiel, Diana L, Díaz-Portillo, Sandra P, Klazinga, Niek, Kringos, Dionne S, Veillard, Jeremy

“…Latin America and the Caribbean was one of the regions hardest hit globally by SARS-CoV-2. This qualitative exploratory study examined how the COVID-19…”
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Acoustic and morphological variation on two populations of Dryophytes arenicolor in central México by Hernández-Herrera, Cristian I., Pérez-Mendoza, Hibraim A.

“…Contrasting conditions of different habitats lead to geographic variation among populations of the same species. In widespread species, trait divergence…”
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Hypokalemia as a sensitive biomarker of disease severity and the requirement for invasive mechanical ventilation requirement in COVID-19 pneumonia: A case series of 306 Mediterranean patients by Moreno-Pérez, Oscar, Leon-Ramirez, Jose-Manuel, Fuertes-Kenneally, Laura, Perdiguero, Miguel, Andres, Mariano, Garcia-Navarro, Mar, Ruiz-Torregrosa, Paloma, Boix, Vicente, Gil, Joan, Merino, Esperanza, Asensio, Santos, Fernandez, Cleofé, Candela, Alfredo, del Mar García, Mª, Sánchez, Rosario, Reus, Sergio, Ruiz, Paloma, García-Sevila, Raquel, Martínez, María-Ángeles, García-Mullor, María-Mar, Blanes, Mar, Guijarro, Jaime, Pascual, José Carlos, Gonzalez, Iris, Sanso, Pedro, Ramos, José Manuel, Javaloy, Jaime, Llopis, Clara, Coronado, Olga, García, Esther, Rodríguez, Gonzalo, Melgar, Paola, Franco, Mariano, Lluís, Félix, Zaragoza, Carmen, Alcaraz, Cándido, Carrión, Ana, Villodre, Celia, de la Cuesta, Emilio Ruiz, Alenda, Cristina, Peiró, Francisca, Planelles, María, Greco, Laura, Silvia, Sandra, Francia, Antonio, Verdú, Iván, Sales, Juan, Palacios, Ana, Ballester, Hortensia, García-Valentín, Antonio, Márquez, Marta, Canelo, Eva, Juan, Andrea, Vives, Elena

“…•There is a high prevalence of hypokalemia among patients with COVID-19 pneumonia.•This suggests the presence of a disorder in renin–angiotensin system…”
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Governance arrangements for health systems in low-income countries: an overview of systematic reviews by Herrera, Cristian A, Lewin, Simon, Paulsen, Elizabeth, Ciapponi, Agustín, Opiyo, Newton, Pantoja, Tomas, Rada, Gabriel, Wiysonge, Charles S, Bastías, Gabriel, Garcia Marti, Sebastian, Okwundu, Charles I, Peñaloza, Blanca, Oxman, Andrew D

“…Governance arrangements include changes in rules or processes that determine authority and accountability for health policies, organisations, commercial…”
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The World Bank - PAHO Lancet regional health Americas commission on primary health care and resilience in Latin America and the Caribbean by Herrera, Cristian A, Báscolo, Ernesto, Villar-Uribe, Manuela, Houghton, Natalia, Massuda, Adriano, Bennett, Sara

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Hospital performance in a segmented and unequal health system: Chile 2001-2010 by Cid, Camilo, Herrera, Cristian A, Prieto, Lorena

“…To analyze the differences in health outcomes by hospital characteristics, focusing on ownership: public, private not-for-profit (PNFP) and private for-profit…”
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Cross-national differences in wealth inequality in health services and caregiving used near the end of life by Ailshire, Jennifer A., Herrera, Cristian A., Choi, Eunyoung, Osuna, Margarita, Suzuki, Elina

“…Socioeconomic inequality in access to and use of health services and social care provided near the end of life, or end-of-life care (EOLC), is not well…”
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Healthcare service disruption in 14 Latin American and Caribbean countries during the COVID-19 pandemic: Analysis of household phone surveys, 2020-2021 by Herrera, Cristian A, Kerr, Amanda C, Dayton, Julia M, Kakietek, Jakub J

“…The coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19 pandemic) and associated responses have significantly disrupted healthcare. We aimed to estimate the magnitude of and reasons…”
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The Evidence-Informed Policy Network (EVIPNet) in Chile: lessons learned from a year of coordinated efforts by Mansilla, Cristián, Herrera, Cristian A, Basagoitia, Andrea, Pantoja, Tomás

“…Informing the health policymaking process with the best available scientific evidence has become relevant to health systems globally. Knowledge Translation…”
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Interventions to reduce emigration of health care professionals from low- and middle-income countries by Peñaloza, Blanca, Pantoja, Tomas, Bastías, Gabriel, Herrera, Cristian, Rada, Gabriel

“…The emigration of skilled professionals from low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) to high-income countries (HICs) is a general phenomenon but poses…”
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Association between Occupational Exposure to Wood Dust and Cancer: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Alonso-Sardón, Montserrat, Chamorro, Antonio-J, Hernández-García, Ignacio, Iglesias-de-Sena, Helena, Martín-Rodero, Helena, Herrera, Cristian, Marcos, Miguel, Mirón-Canelo, José Antonio

“…To perform a systematic review to analyze the association between occupational exposure to wood dust and cancer. A systematic literature search of entries made…”
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Using evidence-informed policies to tackle overweight and obesity in Chile by Rodríguez Osiac, Lorena, Cofré, Cristian, Pizarro, Tito, Mansilla, Cristián, Herrera, Cristian A, Burrows, Jaime, Castillo, Carmen

“…Overweight and obesity are a global epidemic with rates having risen to alarming levels in both developed and developing countries. Chile has been no…”
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