Barbara McPake

Is there an association between public spending on health and choice of healthcare providers across socioeconomic groups in India?-Evidence from a national sample

Patrick Mulcahy, Ajay Mahal, Barbara McPake, Sumit Kane, Prabir Kumar Ghosh, John Tayu Lee

Journal article  |  2021  |  SOCIAL SCIENCE & MEDICINE

The role of public spending on health in reducing socioeconomic inequalities in healthcare is an emerging area of research, little..

Community Health Workers as Influential Health System Actors and not "Just Another Pair Of Hands"

Sumit Kane, Anjali Radkar, Mukta Gadgil, Barbara McPake

Journal article  |  2021  |  INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HEALTH POLICY AND MANAGEMENT

BACKGROUND: Over the last 20 years, community health workers (CHWs) have become a mainstay of human resources for health in many l..

Temporal trends and variation in out-of-pocket expenditures and patient cost sharing: evidence from a Chinese national survey 2011-2015

Vicky Mengqi Qin, Yuting Zhang, Kee Seng Chia, Barbara McPake, Yang Zhao, Emily SG Hulse, Helena Legido-Quigley, John Tayu Lee

Journal article  |  2021  |  INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR EQUITY IN HEALTH

OBJECTIVES: This study aims to examine: (1) temporal trends in the percentage of cost-sharing and amount of out-of-pocket expendit..

Challenges in Implementing Community-Based Healthcare Teams in a Low-Income Country Context: Lessons From Ethiopia's Family Health Teams.

Teralynn Ludwick, Misganu Endrias, Alison Morgan, Sumit Kane, Margaret Kelaher, Barbara McPake

Journal article  |  2021  |  Int J Health Policy Manag

BACKGROUND: Addressing chronic diseases and intra-urban health disparities in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) requires ne..

Effect of multimorbidity on utilisation and out-of-pocket expenditure in Indonesia: quantile regression analysis.

Kanya Anindya, Nawi Ng, Rifat Atun, Tiara Marthias, Yang Zhao, Barbara McPake, Alexander van Heusden, Tianxin Pan, John Tayu Lee

Journal article  |  2021  |  BMC Health Serv Res

BACKGROUND: Multimorbidity (the presence of two or more non-communicable diseases) is a major growing challenge for many low-incom..

The association between mental-physical multimorbidity and disability, work productivity, and social participation in China: a panel data analysis

Tianxin Pan, Stewart W Mercer, Yang Zhao, Barbara McPake, Allissa Desloge, Rifat Atun, Emily Susannah Grace Hulse, John Tayu Lee

Journal article  |  2021  |  BMC PUBLIC HEALTH

BACKGROUND: The co-occurrence of mental and physical chronic conditions (mental-physical multimorbidity) is a growing and largely ..

Transforming UNICEF's approach to health system strengthening: what place can a blended learning course play?

Lucio Naccarella, Barbara McPake, Prarthna Dayal, Waithira Gikonyo, Claudia Vivas Torrealba, Alison Morgan

Journal article  |  2021  |  HUMAN RESOURCES FOR HEALTH

BACKGROUND: The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) published their Health Systems Strengthening (HSS) approach to meet its st..

Use of social impact bonds in financing health systems responses to non-communicable diseases: scoping review

Emily Susannah Grace Hulse, Rifat Atun, Barbara McPake, John Tayu Lee

Journal article  |  2021  |  BMJ GLOBAL HEALTH

There is an interest to understand how social impact bonds (SIBs), a type of innovative financing instrument used in impact invest..

Impact of non-communicable disease multimorbidity on health service use, catastrophic health expenditure and productivity loss in Indonesia: a population-based panel data analysis study

Tiara Marthias, Kanya Anindya, Nawi Ng, Barbara McPake, Rifat Atun, Hafiz Arfyanto, Emily SG Hulse, Yang Zhao, Hafizah Jusril, Tianxin Pan, Marie Ishida, John Tayu Lee

Journal article  |  2021  |  BMJ OPEN

OBJECTIVES: To examine non-communicable diseases (NCDs) multimorbidity level and its relation to households' socioeconomic charact..

'They say we are money minded' exploring experiences of formal private for-profit health providers towards contribution to pro-poor access in post conflict Northern Uganda

Justine Namakula, Suzanne Fustukian, Barbara McPake, Freddie Ssengooba

Journal article  |  2021  |  GLOBAL HEALTH ACTION

Background: The perception within literature and populace is that the private for-profit sector is for the rich only, and this cha..