Sumit Kane

Receiving healthcare for drug-resistant TB: a cross-sectional survey from Pakistan

S Abbas, J Denholm, M Kermode, Y Xiaoguang, S Kane

Journal article  |  2021  |  PUBLIC HEALTH ACTION

OBJECTIVE: To describe and quantify patients' self-reported experiences of receiving healthcare from Pakistan's Programmatic Manag..

Moving From Community-Based to Health-Centre Based Management: Impact on Urban Community Health Worker Performance in Ethiopia.

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

Journal article  |  2021  |  Health Policy Plan

Community health worker (CHW) performance is influenced by the way in which management arrangements are configured vis-a-vis the c..

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..

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

Teralynn Ludwick, Misganu Endriyas, 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..

Realist evaluation to improve health systems responsiveness to neglected health needs of vulnerable groups in Ghana and Vietnam: Study protocol

Tolib Mirzoev, Ana Manzano, Thi Thu Ha Bui, Irene Akua Agyepong, Thi Hanh Trang Do, Anthony Danso-Appiah, Minh Thi Le, Mary Eyram Ashinyo, Thi Vui Le, Leveana Gyimah, Thai Quynh Chi Nguyen, Lucy Yevoo, Thi Thuy Duong Doan, Elizabeth Awini, Joseph Paul Hicks, Anna Cronin de Chavez, Sumit Kane

Journal article  |  2021  |  PLOS ONE

BACKGROUND: Socio-economic growth in many low and middle-income countries has resulted in more available, though not equitably acc..

Protocol for a realist synthesis of health systems responsiveness in low-income and middle-income countries

Tolib Mirzoev, Anna Cronin de Chavez, Ana Manzano, Irene Akua Agyepong, Mary Eyram Ashinyo, Anthony Danso-Appiah, Leveana Gyimah, Lucy Yevoo, Elizabeth Awini, Thi Thu Ha Bui, Do Thi Hanh Trang, Thai Nguyen Quynh-Chi, Minh Le Thi, Thi Le Vui, Joseph Paul Hicks, Judy M Wright, Sumit Kane

Journal article  |  2021  |  BMJ OPEN

INTRODUCTION: Health systems responsiveness is a key objective of any health system, yet it is the least studied of all objectives..

How do patient feedback systems work in low-income and middle-income countries? Insights from a realist evaluation in Bangladesh

Tolib Mirzoev, Sumit Kane, Zunayed Al Azdi, Bassey Ebenso, Ayesha Afroz Chowdhury, Rumana Huque

Journal article  |  2021  |  BMJ GLOBAL HEALTH

BACKGROUND: Well-functioning patient feedback systems can contribute to improved quality of healthcare and systems accountability...

Strengthening the response to drug-resistant TB in Pakistan: a practice theory-informed approach

S Abbas, M Kermode, S Kane

Journal article  |  2020  |  PUBLIC HEALTH ACTION

Background: While Pakistan's Programmatic Management of Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis (PMDT) programme, launched in 2010, initially ..

Making effective referrals happen: a theory-informed policy analysis

Sumit Kane, Hong Jiang, Yuan Tian, Maitrayee Mukhopadhyay, Xu Qian

Journal article  |  2020  |  HEALTH POLICY AND PLANNING

Effective referral is a critical element of a well-functioning health system. While having a good referral policy in place is impo..