Barbara McPake

Re-examining the reversal hypothesis: A nationwide population-based study of the association between socioeconomic status, and NCDs and risk factors in China.

Xuemei Zhang, Tianxin Pan, Barbara McPake

Journal article  |  2023  |  SSM Popul Health

BACKGROUND: According to the reversal hypothesis, as a country's economic and social development progresses, the burden of NCDs an..

The effect of health insurance and socioeconomic status on women's choice in birth attendant and place of delivery across regions in Indonesia: a multinomial logit analysis.

John Tayu Lee, Barbara McPake, Likke Prawidya Putri, Kanya Anindya, Diah Ayu Puspandari, Tiara Marthias

Journal article  |  2023  |  BMJ Glob Health

BACKGROUND: Evidence suggests that women gave birth in diverse types of health facilities and were assisted by various types of he..

Multimorbidity and out-of-pocket expenditure on medicine in Europe: Longitudinal analysis of 13 European countries between 2013 and 2015

Raffaele Palladino, Tianxin Pan, Stewart W Mercer, Rifat Atun, Barbara McPake, Fabiana Rubba, Maria Triassi, John Tayu Lee

Journal article  |  2023  |  FRONTIERS IN PUBLIC HEALTH

BACKGROUND: Many European Health Systems are implementing or increasing levels of cost-sharing for medicine in response to the gro..

The impact of depression and physical multimorbidity on health-related quality of life in China: a national longitudinal quantile regression study.

Tianxin Pan, Kanya Anindya, Nancy Devlin, Stewart W Mercer, Barbara McPake, Alex van Heusden, Yang Zhao, Xiuqi Hao, Tiara Marthias, John Tayu Lee

Journal article  |  2022  |  Sci Rep

The co-occurrence of mental and physical chronic conditions is a growing concern and a largely unaddressed challenge in low-and-mi..

People's care seeking journey for a chronic illness in rural India: Implications for policy and practice

Sumit Kane, Madhura Joshi, Sapna Desai, Ajay Mahal, Barbara McPake

Journal article  |  2022  |  SOCIAL SCIENCE & MEDICINE

Drawing on interviews conducted in 2019-2020, across twenty villages in India, this paper unpacks how people with chronic illness ..

Multimorbidity and out-of-pocket expenditure for medicines in China and India

Dennis Tuan Vu La, Yang Zhao, Perianayagam Arokiasamy, Rifat Atun, Stewart Mercer, Tiara Marthias, Barbara McPake, Sanghamitra Pati, Raffaele Palladino, John Tayu Lee

Journal article  |  2022  |  BMJ GLOBAL HEALTH

INTRODUCTION: Using nationally representative survey data from China and India, this study examined (1) the distribution and patte..

Associations between Indonesia's national health insurance, effective coverage in maternal health and neonatal mortality: a multilevel interrupted time-series analysis 2000-2017.

Tiara Marthias, Barbara McPake, Natalie Carvalho, Christopher Millett, Kanya Anindya, Nurmala Selly Saputri, Laksono Trisnantoro, John Tayu Lee

Journal article  |  2022  |  J Epidemiol Community Health

BACKGROUND: We assessed the effect of Indonesia's national health insurance programme (Jaminan Kesehatan Nasional (JKN)) on effect..

Epidemiology of physical-mental multimorbidity and its impact among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander in Australia: a cross-sectional analysis of a nationally representative sample

William Carman, Marie Ishida, Justin S Trounson, Stewart W Mercer, Kanya Anindya, Grace Sum, Gregory Armstrong, Brian Oldenburg, Barbara McPake, John Tayu Lee

Journal article  |  2022  |  BMJ OPEN

OBJECTIVES: This study aimed to examine the differences in multimorbidity between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and..

Using health policy and systems research to influence national health policies: lessons from Mexico, Cambodia and Ghana

Daniel Llywelyn Strachan, Kirsty Teague, Anteneh Asefa, Peter Leslie Annear, Abdul Ghaffar, Zubin Cyrus Shroff, Barbara McPake

Journal article  |  2022  |  HEALTH POLICY AND PLANNING

Health system reforms across Africa, Asia and Latin America in recent decades demonstrate the value of health policy and systems r..

Cost-effectiveness and sustainability of improved hospital oxygen systems in Nigeria

Hamish R Graham, Ayobami A Bakare, Adejumoke Idowu Ayede, Joseph Eleyinmi, Oyaniyi Olatunde, Oluwabunmi R Bakare, Blessing Edunwale, Eleanor FG Neal, Shamim Qazi, Barbara McPake, David Peel, Amy Z Gray, Trevor Duke, Adegoke G Falade

Journal article  |  2022  |  BMJ GLOBAL HEALTH

INTRODUCTION: Improving hospital oxygen systems can improve quality of care and reduce mortality for children, but we lack data on..