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Y. Natalia Alfonso
Researcher at Johns Hopkins University
Publications - 19
Citations - 509
Y. Natalia Alfonso is an academic researcher from Johns Hopkins University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Public health & Population. The author has an hindex of 6, co-authored 17 publications receiving 393 citations.
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Success factors for reducing maternal and child mortality
Shyama Kuruvilla,Julian Schweitzer,David Bishai,Sadia Chowdhury,Daniele Caramani,Laura Frost,Rafael Cortez,Bernadette Daelmans,Andres de Francisco,Taghreed Adam,Ralph L. Cohen,Y. Natalia Alfonso,Jennifer Franz-Vasdeki,Seemeen Saadat,Beth Anne Pratt,Beatrice Eugster,Sarah Bandali,Pritha Venkatachalam,Rachael Hinton,John M. Murray,Sharon Arscott-Mills,Henrik Axelson,Blerta Maliqi,Intissar Sarker,Rama Lakshminarayanan,Troy Jacobs,Susan Jacks,Rachel Elizabeth Mason Nunn,Jeehan Nawaf Abdul Malik Abdul Ghaffar,Nicholas Mays,Carole Presern,Flavia Bustreo +31 more
TL;DR: The Success Factors for Women's and Children's Health (SELF) studies as discussed by the authors investigated why some countries achieve faster progress than other comparable countries in the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by using statistical and econometric analyses of data from 144 low and middle-income countries (LMICs).
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Factors Contributing to Maternal and Child Mortality Reductions in 146 Low- and Middle-Income Countries between 1990 and 2010.
David Bishai,Ralph L. Cohen,Y. Natalia Alfonso,Taghreed Adam,Shyama Kuruvilla,Julian Schweitzer +5 more
TL;DR: Overall, countries improved maternal and child health from 1990 to 2010 mainly through improvements in the societal coverage of a broad array of health system, social, economic and environmental determinants of child health.
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Factores de éxito para reducir la mortalidad materna e infantil
Shyama Kuruvilla,Julian Schweitzer,David Bishai,Sadia Chowdhury,Daniele Caramani,Laura Frost,Rafael Cortez,Bernadette Daelmans,Andres de Francisco,Taghreed Adam,Ralph L. Cohen,Y. Natalia Alfonso,Jennifer Franz-Vasdeki,Seemeen Saadat,Beth Anne Pratt,Beatrice Eugster,Sarah Bandali,Pritha Venkatachalam,Rachael Hinton,John M. Murray,Sharon Arscott-Mills,Henrik Axelson,Blerta Maliqi,Intissar Sarker,Rama Lakshminarayanan,Troy Jacobs,Susan Jacks,Elizabeth Mason,Abdul Ghaffar,Nicholas Mays,Carole Presern,Flavia Bustreo +31 more
TL;DR: The success factors for women's and children's health (success factors) studies as mentioned in this paper were developed to understand what works to support countries' progress towards the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and to inform the post-2015 goals and strategies under preparation.
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Cost-effectiveness analysis of a voucher scheme combined with obstetrical quality improvements: quasi experimental results from Uganda
Y. Natalia Alfonso,David Bishai,John Bua,Aloysius Mutebi,Crispus Mayora,Elizabeth Ekirapa-Kiracho +5 more
TL;DR: Demand-side vouchers combined with supply-side financing programs can increase attended deliveries and reduce maternal mortality at a cost that is acceptable and a favourable cost-effectiveness ratio persists even under extreme assumptions.
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Medicaid Cost Savings of a Preventive Home Visit Program for Disabled Older Adults
Sarah L. Szanton,Y. Natalia Alfonso,Bruce Leff,Bruce Leff,Jack M. Guralnik,Jennifer L. Wolff,Ian Stockwell,Laura N. Gitlin,Laura N. Gitlin,David Bishai +9 more
TL;DR: The objective was to determine whether the Community Aging in Place, Advancing Better Living for Elders (CAPABLE) program saves Medicaid more money than it costs to provide.