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Nils Gunnar Songstad
Researcher at University of Bergen
Publications - 8
Citations - 361
Nils Gunnar Songstad is an academic researcher from University of Bergen. The author has contributed to research in topics: Public health & Health services research. The author has an hindex of 8, co-authored 8 publications receiving 339 citations.
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The decentralisation-centralisation dilemma: recruitment and distribution of health workers in remote districts of Tanzania.
TL;DR: A combination of centralised and decentralised recruitment represents a promising hybrid form of health sector organisation in managing human resources by bringing the benefits of two worlds together.
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Perceived unfairness in working conditions: the case of public health services in Tanzania.
TL;DR: Health workers' experience of working conditions, linked to motivation to work, is explored in Tanzania to locate the discourse of unfairness related to working conditions in a broader historical/political context.
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Accountable priority setting for trust in health systems - the need for research into a new approach for strengthening sustainable health action in developing countries
Jens Byskov,Paul Bloch,Astrid Blystad,Anna-Karin Hurtig,Knut Fylkesnes,Peter Kamuzora,Yeri Kombe,Gunnar Kvåle,Bruno Marchal,Douglas K. Martin,Charles Michelo,Benedict Ndawi,Thabale J. Ngulube,Isaac K. Nyamongo,Øystein Evjen Olsen,Øystein Evjen Olsen,Washington Onyango-Ouma,Ingvild Fossgard Sandøy,Elizabeth H. Shayo,Gavin Silwamba,Nils Gunnar Songstad,Mary Tuba +21 more
TL;DR: This paper argues that there is a high need for research into legitimate and fair priority setting to improve the knowledge base for achieving sustainable improvements in health outcomes and tests the application and effects of the AFR approach in one district each in Kenya, Tanzania and Zambia.
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Introducing payment for performance in the health sector of Tanzania- the policy process.
TL;DR: The P4P policy process was highly political with external actors playing a significant role in influencing the agenda in Tanzania, leaving less space for the Government of Tanzania to provide leadership in the process.
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Assessing performance enhancing tools: experiences with the open performance review and appraisal system (OPRAS) and expectations towards payment for performance (P4P) in the public health sector in Tanzania
TL;DR: Health workers respond to performance enhancing tools based on whether the tools are found appropriate or yield any tangible benefits, and lessons learned from OPRAS can assist in the implementation of P4P can enhance knowledge on motivation and performance in the health services in low-income contexts such as Tanzania.