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Publikováno v:
Social Science & Medicine. 40:1091-1098
In 1990, Western Highlands Province in Papua New Guinea, decentralized the administration of health services from the province (population 264,000) to 14 districts (equivalent to subdistricts elsewhere). Two years later interviews were conducted with
Publikováno v:
Social Science & Medicine. 39:1105-1115
This paper reports on a review of user charges for health services in rural areas of Papua New Guinea. Facilities implementing both fee for service and community risk sharing schemes were studied. This study found that there is a lack of any policy f
Autor:
Jane A. Thomason, Stephen G. Karel
Publikováno v:
Evaluation and Program Planning. 17:13-18
Decentralization has received prominence in the international health literature as a desirable organizational reform. Much of the focus has been on the idealized benefits of decentralization, rather than on the practical considerations of how to impl
Autor:
Jane A. Thomason
Publikováno v:
Health Policy and Planning. 9:41-49
Health care services in Papua New Guinea have historically been provided mainly by the public sector in close partnership with the churches which are largely subsidized by the government. This paper pulls together what is known about the small but gr
Publikováno v:
International Journal of Health Planning and Management. 8:59-69
Microcomputers have great potential to improve health service management in developing countries. In addition to their commonly recognized abilities to process numerical information, they can also provide assistance in interpreting it. They can highl
Autor:
Jane A. Thomason, Keith Edwards
Publikováno v:
International Journal of Health Planning and Management. 6:309-324
In 1989 a study was undertaken to examine the costs of hospital services in Papua New Guinea. A total of 13 of the country's 19 provincial hospitals were surveyed. In addition, data were collected on key indicators of the quality of service provided
Autor:
Jane A. Thomason, Marc D Mitchell
Publikováno v:
Asia Pacific Journal of Public Health. 5:239-244
In 1988 a study of the costs of rural health services was carried out in Papua New Guinea. The study collected data from a 16% sample of all health centers and subcenters and was able to determine average staffing patterns, total and average costs, a
Publikováno v:
Public Administration and Development. 10:93-100
The long term success of PNG's experiment with decentralization of health functions depends on the continued improvements in management at the operational levels of the health system. In 1986 the Department of Health initiated a management support pr
Publikováno v:
Scopus-Elsevier
A study was carried out to assess the quality of case management of malaria, malnutrition, diarrhoea and acute respiratory tract infections in children in rural primary health services in Papua New Guinea. In particular, the study focused on the know
Publikováno v:
Social sciencemedicine (1982). 32(2)
As part of a study of the costs of rural health services in Papua New Guinea, an examination was made of the distribution and performance of rural health staff. The cost study and the use of a staffing model which related the staffing of health facil