Jean Paul Joseph

TL;DR: In this article , the authors used an interrupted time series design to assess the immediate effect of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic on 31 health services in two low-income (Ethiopia and Haiti), six middle-income (Ghana, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Mexico, Nepal, South Africa and Thailand) and high-income  countries.

TL;DR: In this paper , the authors used an interrupted time series design to assess the immediate effect of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic on 31 health services in two low-income (Ethiopia and Haiti), six middle-income (Ghana, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Mexico, Nepal, South Africa and Thailand) and high-income  countries.

TL;DR: Despite an extensive network of health facilities, a minority of Haitians had access to a primary care facility of good quality, and such facilities were especially scarce in rural areas.

TL;DR: Poor quality of care may deter utilization of beneficial primary health care services in rural areas of Haiti, and improving health service quality may offer an opportunity not only to improve health outcomes for patients, but also to expand coverage of key primary health Care services.

TL;DR: hospital use was more common in richer countries with higher expenditures on health per capita and among urban residents and wealthier, better-educated women and Antenatal care quality was higher in hospitals in 44 countries.