Documents & Reports
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Parallel systems and human resource management in India's public health services : a view from the front lines (English)
There is building evidence in India that the delivery of health services suffers from an actual shortfall in trained health professionals, but also from unsatisfactory results of existing service providers...
Document Type: Policy Research Working Paper Report No.: WPS6953 Document Date: June 1, 2014 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Ali,Rabia,La Forgia,Gerard Martin,Maheshwari, Sunil Kumar,Raha,Shomikho,Shaik, Shabbeer
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Effect of Chiranjeevi Yojana on institutional deliveries and neonatal and maternal outcomes in Gujarat, India : a difference-in-differences analysis (English)
This paper will evaluate the effect of the Chiranjeevi Yojana program, a public-private partnership to improve maternal and neonatal health in Gujarat, India. A household survey was conducted in Gujarat...
Document Type: Journal Article Report No.: 102446 Document Date: January 1, 2014 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Mohanan,Manoj,Bauhoff,Sebastian Peter Alexander,La Forgia,Gerard Martin,Babiarz, Kimberly Singer,Singh,Kultar,Miller,Norman Grantham
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Government-sponsored health insurance in India : are you covered? (English)
Since independence, India has struggled to provide its people with universal health coverage. Whether defined in terms of financial protection or access to and effective use of health care, the majority...
Document Type: Policy Note Report No.: 72238 Document Date: August 26, 2012 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: La Forgia,Gerard Martin,Nagpal,Somil
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Transition to a universal health insurance scheme in Maldives (English)
Health insurance both voluntary and government sponsored is of relatively recent origin in the Maldives. In September 2011, the President announced an initiative to achieve universal health insurance for...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 73136 Document Date: September 1, 2011 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Nagpal,Somil,La Forgia,Gerard Martin
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Preliminary policy note on assessment of health service delivery system in light of proposed universal health insurance scheme (English)
In 2010, the Government of Maldives (GoM) initiated a policy of corporatization of the public health delivery system. This note considers the potential for this reform strategy to contribute to the aims...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 73137 Document Date: September 1, 2011 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: La Forgia,Gerard Martin,Nagpal,Somil
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Brazil - Innovative approaches to extending family health services : Brasil - Abordagens inovadoras para a ampliação dos serviços de saúde da família (Portuguese)
The recently completed Family Health Extension Project (FHEP) has provided support to Brazil's Family Health Program (Programa de Saude da Familia, or PSF) and allowed dramatic improvements in the coverage...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 44693 Document Date: September 1, 2008 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: La Forgia,Gerard Martin
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Brazil - Innovative approaches to extending family health services (English)
The recently completed Family Health Extension Project (FHEP) has provided support to Brazil's Family Health Program (Programa de Saude da Familia, or PSF) and allowed dramatic improvements in the coverage...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 44693 Document Date: March 1, 2008 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: La Forgia,Gerard Martin
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Brazil : raising the quality of public spending and resource management in the health sector : Brasil : iniciativas para mejorar la calidad del gasto publico y la administracion de recursos en el sector salud (Spanish)
The report assesses how the processes of allocation, transfer, and utilization of resources are conducted at the different levels of the system. The study provides valuable information regarding the reality...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 44629 Document Date: September 1, 2007 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Couttolenc,Bernard F.,La Forgia,Gerard Martin,Matsuda,Yasuhiko
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Brazil : raising the quality of public spending and resource management in the health sector : Brasil : iniciativas para melhorar a qualidade da despesa publica e a administracao de recursos no setor da saude (Portuguese)
The report assesses how the processes of allocation, transfer, and utilization of resources are conducted at the different levels of the system. The study provides valuable information regarding the reality...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 44629 Document Date: September 1, 2007 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Couttolenc,Bernard F.,La Forgia,Gerard Martin,Matsuda,Yasuhiko
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Brazil : raising the quality of public spending and resource management in the health sector (English)
The report assesses how the processes of allocation, transfer, and utilization of resources are conducted at the different levels of the system. The study provides valuable information regarding the reality...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 44629 Document Date: September 1, 2007 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Couttolenc,Bernard F.,La Forgia,Gerard Martin,Matsuda,Yasuhiko