Health care system reform in developing countries

Health Care System Reforms in Developing Countries

This article proposes a critical but non-systematic review of recent health care system reforms in developing countries. The literature reports mixed results as to whether reforms improve the financial protection of the poor or not. We discuss the reasons for these differences by comparing three representative countries: Mexico, Vietnam, and China. First, the design of the health care system re...

Health care system reform.

Telecommunications Reform in Developing Countries

Since World War II, developing nations have embarked on two massive changes in telecommunications policy. The first was the wave of nationalization of private companies that took place mostly in the 1950s and 1960s, and the second is the now ongoing process of re-privatization and, to a lesser degree, the introduction of competition. The purpose of this essay is to set forth the problems of con...

Financing health services in developing countries: an agenda for reform.

No wonder you activities are, reading will be always needed. It is not only to fulfil the duties that you need to finish in deadline time. Reading will encourage your mind and thoughts. Of course, reading will greatly develop your experiences about everything. Reading financing health services in developing countries an agenda for reform is also a way as one of the collective books that gives m...

Health-care-associated infections in developing countries.

Health-care-associated infections in developing countries are a serious issue that is scarcely addressed in the scientifi c literature. Hence, the systematic review and meta-analysis in The Lancet by Benedetta Allegranzi and colleagues from WHO, which assessed the epidemiology of health-care-associated infections, is impressive. In this study, the investigators analysed pooled data from 220 sel...