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        <description>Population and Health InfoShare : Newest 15 Documents by Partners For Health Reformplus (PHRplus). Sharing Knowledge to Improve Public Health Worldwide</description>
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            <title>Determinants of The Financial Stability of Mutual Health Organizations: A Study in the Thies ...</title>
            <link>http://www.phrplus.org/Pubs/Tech081_fin.pdf</link>
            <description><![CDATA[The financial sustainability of community-based health insurance schemes has been debated in the literature, given concerns that small risk pools, voluntary membership, and weak financial systems might jeopardize the schemes. The research reported here investigates the main factors influencing the financial stability of mutual health organizations (MHOs) in the Thies region of Senegal. The study covered the four-year period 2000-03 and comprised a household survey component, a MHO survey component, and a provider survey component encompassing all 27 schemes in the Thies region that have been fully functional for at least two years. Despite growth in the number of MHO members and beneficiaries during the four years, scheme financial performance overall was poor. The primary factors explaining this poor performance were: problems of adverse selection, low dues recovery, unrecovered loans (particularly for expenditures at the hospital level), frequent changes to benefit packages without concurrent changes to premiums, and limited use of financial tools. In order to promote MHO sustainability, greater support is needed for the design of schemes, and particularly for their management. Reinsurance, which helps protect against random risk, may have a role to play in the future, but the immediate focus should be on stronger financial management.]]></description>
            <author>PHR-InfoCenter@abtassoc.com (Partners for Health Reformplus (PHRplus))</author>
            <pubDate>Mon, 27 Mar 2006 20:29:37 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>Zambia Community Health Waiver Scheme: Final Evaluation</title>
            <link>http://www.phrplus.org/Pubs/Tech088_Fin.pdf</link>
            <description><![CDATA[This report is an evaluation of the Community Health Welfare Scheme (CHEWS) pilot implemented in Kafue, Zambia, from 2002 to 2004. The goal of CHEWS is to increase health care services utilization by the most vulnerable populations through the provision of a user fee voucher. The identification of beneficiaries and allocation of vouchers is done by a community-based institution (the community welfare assistance committees, CWAC) using a criteria matrix for identification. This evaluation report is based on a household survey of CHEWS and non-CHEWS households, and focus group discussions of health providers and CWACS members. The results show that there were no differences in health seeking behavior and in health status in CHEWS and non- CHEWS households, leading to the conclusion that the targeting matrix was not used correctly or was too complex to use at all. However, the evaluation did find that there was increased collaboration between the Ministry of Community Development and Ministry of Health and that health center personnel were attending to voucher clients without prejudice. It is posited that the inability or unwillingness to use the targeting criteria is a result of the complexity of the matrix, the difficulty of identifying and selecting the poorest in a generally poor population, and the lack of resources for support/supervision. It is recommended that the matrix and its use be reviewed and field-tested to improve upon it. Finally, an exemption mechanism needs adequate funding to function correctly; it cannot be implemented without appropriate investments.]]></description>
            <author>PHR-InfoCenter@abtassoc.com (Partners for Health Reformplus (PHRplus))</author>
            <pubDate>Mon, 27 Mar 2006 20:21:09 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>Patient Satisfaction and Pain Management in Ministry of Health Hospitals in Jordan</title>
            <link>http://www.phrplus.org/Pubs/Tech082_fin.pdf</link>
            <description><![CDATA[This is the first comprehensive patient satisfaction survey of 471 Jordanian Ministry of Health hospital adult inpatients. It covers patients' opinions on topics such as physician gender, patient safety, quality of meals, management of pain, level of privacy, the hospital admission process, condition of hospital facilities, and level of communication with physicians and nurses. PHRplus found that patients were generally satisfied with the admissions process, safety and privacy issues, and the cleanliness of their rooms, and they were impressed by the technical knowledge of physicians and nurses. Results of the patient satisfaction survey have broad implications for improving care in both the public and private health sectors.]]></description>
            <author>PHR-InfoCenter@abtassoc.com (Partners for Health Reformplus (PHRplus))</author>
            <pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2006 16:38:31 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>Angola Health System Assessment</title>
            <link>http://www.phrplus.org/Pubs/Tech079_fin.pdf</link>
            <description><![CDATA[This technical report documents the process and findings of the pilot test application of a new health system assessment tool developed by PHRplus, RPMplus and QAP for USAID’s “Mainstreaming” initiative under the Office of Health, Infectious Disease, and Nutrition.]]></description>
            <author>PHR-InfoCenter@abtassoc.com (Partners for Health Reformplus (PHRplus))</author>
            <pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2006 16:27:32 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>HIV/AIDS Home-Based Care Costing Guidelines</title>
            <link>http://www.phrplus.org/Pubs/Tool019_fin.pdf</link>
            <description><![CDATA[These guidelines present costing principles that can be applied to HBC interventions, particularly at community level, to allow for comparable determinations of the cost of diverse HBC approaches and better inform efficiency options based on credible and comparable cost information.]]></description>
            <author>PHR-InfoCenter@abtassoc.com (Partners for Health Reformplus (PHRplus))</author>
            <pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2006 16:06:38 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>Estimating Resource Requirements for Scaling up Antiretroviral Therapy in Uganda</title>
            <link>http://www.phrplus.org/Pubs/Tech078_fin.pdf</link>
            <description><![CDATA[PHRplus estimated the resource requirements of the antiretroviral therapy (ART) care package for Uganda for the period 2005 to 2012. The package of ART services is estimated to cost $60 million in 2005, rising to $92 million annually in 2012. A large number of doctors, nurses, lab technicians, counselors, community health workers, and pharmacy technologists will be needed to provide the ART care package alone, on top of the regular non-ART needs of the health program. The numbers needed for the program will more than double between 2005 and 2012 in some staff categories.]]></description>
            <author>PHR-InfoCenter@abtassoc.com (Partners for Health Reformplus (PHRplus))</author>
            <pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2006 15:49:00 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>Survey of Private Health Facilities in Uganda</title>
            <link>http://www.phrplus.org/Pubs/Tech073_fin.pdf</link>
            <description><![CDATA[This report makes an important contribution by presenting the first national-level data on private health practitioner (PHP) facilities in Uganda. It offers evidence for the important role PHPs play in providing health services and their potential to partner with government to deliver important public health services.]]></description>
            <author>PHR-InfoCenter@abtassoc.com (Partners for Health Reformplus (PHRplus))</author>
            <pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2006 15:17:34 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>Comprehensive Assessment of Human Resources for Health in Côte d’Ivoire</title>
            <link>http://www.phrplus.org/Pubs/Tech072_fin.pdf</link>
            <description><![CDATA[In Côte d’Ivoire, civil conflict and worsening socio-economic conditions have increased the demand for public health services and exacerbated the shortage of HR in the public sector. This report suggests that substantial HR mobilization is needed to meet targets and recommends the development of a long-term HR plan and HR database.]]></description>
            <author>PHR-InfoCenter@abtassoc.com (Partners for Health Reformplus (PHRplus))</author>
            <pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2006 15:06:32 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>Human Resources Crisis in the Zambian Health System: A Call for Urgent Action</title>
            <link>http://www.phrplus.org/Pubs/Tech071_fin.pdf</link>
            <description><![CDATA[The Zambian public sector health system cannot deliver adequate and appropriate care to its population due to human resource limitations. This report reviews key HR challenges and makes three recommendations on how to improve the situation.]]></description>
            <author>PHR-InfoCenter@abtassoc.com (Partners for Health Reformplus (PHRplus))</author>
            <pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2006 20:21:55 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>Field-testing Costing Guidelines for Home-based Care: The Case of Uganda</title>
            <link>http://www.phrplus.org/Pubs/Tech070_fin.pdf</link>
            <description><![CDATA[This report presents findings from PHRplus field-test guidelines developed for costing home-based care (HBC) programs, with cases drawn from nine HBC programs in Uganda. The guidelines help the user to define the core HBC activities and to collect appropriate cost and service data.]]></description>
            <author>PHR-InfoCenter@abtassoc.com (Partners for Health Reformplus (PHRplus))</author>
            <pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2006 17:40:42 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>Benin: System-Wide Effects of the Global Fund: Interim Findings</title>
            <link>http://www.phrplus.org/Pubs/Tech068_fin.pdf</link>
            <description><![CDATA[This paper reports on interim findings from research conducted in Benin on the system-wide effects of the Global Fund. The main objective of the report has been to provide an overview of key interactions between Global Fund activities and the health system in Benin at an interim stage, with the aim of informing several potential audiences in Benin, at the Global Fund, and in the broader donor community.]]></description>
            <author>PHR-InfoCenter@abtassoc.com (Partners for Health Reformplus (PHRplus))</author>
            <pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2006 17:24:55 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>Implementing Quality Improvement Techniques for Health Care in Suez Governorate, Egypt</title>
            <link>http://www.phrplus.org/Pubs/WP010_fin.pdf</link>
            <description><![CDATA[This paper is a brief synopsis of quality improvement work carried out in Suez Governorate of Egypt as part of Egypt's Health Sector Reform Program.]]></description>
            <author>PHR-InfoCenter@abtassoc.com (Partners for Health Reformplus (PHRplus))</author>
            <pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2006 16:40:07 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>Implementation of a Laboratory Network in Georgia</title>
            <link>http://www.phrplus.org/Pubs/WP009_fin.pdf</link>
            <description><![CDATA[This report provides a realistic model for the network of bacteriological and serological laboratories in Georgia which have been undergoing a major reform since 2002. The document gives recommendations on such key issues as the ideal number of such labs in the country, their categorization by level, minimum standards in terms of staffing, equipment, bio-safety and quality control, referral system, and functional links to other health care institutions. It also provides an estimate of how much it would cost the government of Georgia to run this model and provides suggestions for a financial sustainability plan.]]></description>
            <author>PHR-InfoCenter@abtassoc.com (Partners for Health Reformplus (PHRplus))</author>
            <pubDate>Tue, 23 Aug 2005 13:59:45 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>Costing HIV/AIDS Services for Community Health Fund Members and Non-members in Hanang District, ...</title>
            <link>http://www.phrplus.org/Pubs/Tech062_fin.pdf</link>
            <description><![CDATA[This study analyzes the costs and use of HIV/AIDS services by people living with HIV/AIDS who are members and non-members of the Community Health Fund, a prepaid health scheme in the Hanang district of Tanzania.]]></description>
            <author>PHR-InfoCenter@abtassoc.com (Partners for Health Reformplus (PHRplus))</author>
            <pubDate>Mon, 22 Aug 2005 21:21:48 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>The Good Practice Model: Community Participation in Luweero District, Uganda</title>
            <link>http://www.phrplus.org/Pubs/Tech063_fin.pdf</link>
            <description><![CDATA[In conjunction with the Uganda Community-based Health Financing Association, PHRplus conducted an analysis of CBHF schemes in Luweero district, Uganda, to document the CBHF ‘Good Practice Model in Community Participation’ of Save for Health Uganda. The paper contains recommendations to expand use of the model and to strengthen CBHF schemes.]]></description>
            <author>PHR-InfoCenter@abtassoc.com (Partners for Health Reformplus (PHRplus))</author>
            <pubDate>Mon, 22 Aug 2005 21:16:38 +0100</pubDate>
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