Improving Health Service Delivery in Developing Countries From Evidence to Action

by Peters, David H.; El-Saharty, Sameh; Siadat, Banafsheh; Janovsky, Katja; Vujicic, Marko

• ISBN13: 9780821378885
• ISBN10: 0821378880
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-05-19
• Publisher: World Bank Publications

Summary

Strategies to Improve Health Services in LMICs synthesizes research evidence and knowledge of implementation processes, enabling and inhibiting factors, to assist policy makers, managers and others to address the practical yet complex application of strategies to improve health services in LMICs.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. xiii
Acknowledgments	p. xv
About the Editors	p. xvii
Abbreviations	p. xxi
Overview	p. 1
Health Services and the Challenge of Implementation	p. 2
Common Strategies to Strengthen Health Services	p. 4
Framework	p. 5
How to Gain Knowledge on Strengthening Health Services	p. 8
Overview of the Studies	p. 24
Notes	p. 31
References	p. 31
Review of Strategies to Strengthen Health Services	p. 35
Reasons for Conducting the Review	p. 36
Objectives of the Review	p. 36
Methods Used	p. 37
Main Findings	p. 37
Main Limitations	p. 47
Implications for Decision Makers	p. 51
References	p. 51
Electronic Databases Searched	p. 52
Key Search Terms	p. 52
Studies Reviewed	p. 54
Review of Strategies to Strengthen the Performance of Health Organizations	p. 69
Reasons for Conducting the Review	p. 70
Objectives of the Review	p. 72
Methods Used	p. 72
Main Findings	p. 75
Main Limitations	p. 77
Implications for Decision Makers	p. 81
References	p. 82
Outcome Measures of Selected Health Organization Performance Models	p. 84
Key Search Terms	p. 86
Studies Reviewed	p. 92
Review of Strategies to Improve Health Care Provider Performance	p. 101
Reasons for Conducting the Review	p. 102
Objectives of the Review	p. 103
Methods Used	p. 103
Main Findings	p. 104
Main Limitations	p. 108
Implications for Decision Makers	p. 108
Notes	p. 109
References	p. 109
Databases Searched	p. 111
Key Search Terms in a Medline Search	p. 112
Studies Included in the Review	p. 117
Review of Community Empowerment Strategies for Health	p. 127
Reasons for Conducting the Review	p. 128
Objectives of the Review	p. 128
Methods Used	p. 129
Main Findings	p. 130
Main Limitations	p. 139
Implications for Decision Makers	p. 140
Reference	p. 141
Electronic Databases Searched	p. 141
Studies Reviewed	p. 142
Analysis of Cross-country Changes in Health Services	p. 173
Reasons for Conducting the Study	p. 174
Objectives of the Study	p. 176
Methods Used	p. 177
Main Findings	p. 178
Main Limitations	p. 189
Implications for Decision Makers	p. 191
Note	p. 192
References	p. 192
Institutional Context of Health Services	p. 203
Reasons for Conducting the Review	p. 204
Objectives of the Review	p. 204
Methods Used	p. 205
What Are the Main Limitations, Findings, and Implications?	p. 205
Note	p. 213
References	p. 213
Evaluation of Changes in Health Results in World Bank-assisted Health Projects	p. 217
Reasons for Conducting the Review	p. 218
Objective of the Review	p. 220
Methods Used	p. 221
Main Findings	p. 223
Main Limitations	p. 224
Implications for Decision Makers	p. 226
Notes	p. 227
References	p. 227
Seven Country Case Studies	p. 233
Introduction	p. 234
Research Questions	p. 235
Methods	p. 236
Limitations	p. 237
Country Findings	p. 238
Key Implementation Factors and Lessons Learned	p. 263
Concluding Thoughts	p. 272
Note	p. 273
References	p. 274
From Evidence to Learning and Action	p. 277
Findings	p. 277
How to Improve Implementation	p. 281
Notes	p. 294
References	p. 295
Glossary	p. 297
Index	p. 331
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