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The private/public mix in health care in India
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This article is published in Health Policy and Planning.The article was published on 1993-03-01. It has received 57 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Health care & Public health.read more
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Dual job holding practitioners in Bangladesh: an exploration
TL;DR: The data suggest that doctors have adopted individual strategies to accommodate the advantages of both government employment and private practice in their career development, thus maximising benefit from the incentives provided to them e.g. lower salaries.
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The use of private-sector contracts for primary health care: theory, evidence and lessons for low-income and middle-income countries
TL;DR: This review highlights theories and evidence relating to contracts for primary health care services and examines their implications for contractual relationships in low- and middle-income countries.
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Patterns of health service utilization and perceptions of needs and services in rural Orissa
Alastair Ager,Katy Pepper +1 more
TL;DR: Analysis of patterns of service utilization across the rural population of four districts of Orissa found local health provision through assistant nurse midwives and male health workers was generally perceived of poor quality, with the lowest rates of resolution of health problems of all service providers.
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Harmful alcohol use in Goa, India, and its associations with violence: a study in primary care.
TL;DR: These data provide the first evidence in India on the role of the GP in identification of harmful alcohol use and the contribution of harmful drinking to the perpetration of physical violence from the perspective of the alcohol user.
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Outpatient care utilization in urban Kerala, India.
TL;DR: This study confirms high utilization of private outpatient care in Kerala and suggests problems of access for the poorest in a context of high public availability and considering the health transition factor, relying on the development of the private sector to respond to increasing health care needs could create inequalities in access.
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Some Interim Results from a Controlled Trial of Cost Sharing in Health Insurance
Joseph P. Newhouse,Willard G. Manning,Carl N. Morris,Larry L. Orr,Naihua Duan,Emmett B. Keeler,Arleen Leibowitz,Kent H. Marquis,M. Susan Marquis,Charles E. Phelps,Robert H. Brook +10 more
TL;DR: Interim results indicate that persons fully covered for medical services spend about 50 per cent more than do similar persons with income-related catastrophe insurance, which leads to more people using services and to more services per user.
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Drug prescription and self-medication in India: an exploratory survey.
TL;DR: It is concluded that a rational drugs policy and/or an essential drugs list will be useless unless accompanied by intensive efforts to improve the education and updating of doctors and pharmacists and to reduce the commercial pressures on doctors to prescribe unnecessary drugs.
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Paying for Health Services in Developing Countries: An Overview
TL;DR: It is argued that present policies need to be substantially reoriented in many countries, and there appears to be considerable scope for having users bear a larger share of health care costs, preferably through a combination of fees for services and fees for coverage, rather than either alone.
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High Technology Medicine: Benefits and Burdens
Bryan Jennett,Bryan Jennett +1 more
TL;DR: High technology medicine is often criticized for being costly, inhumane, and ineffective, and the theme that many technologies are often used inappropriately, whereas others are unfairly criticized is examined.
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