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Monitoring Quality of Care in Family Planning by the Quick Investigation of Quality (QIQ): Country Reports
The country reports from the Quick Investigation of Quality (QIQ) field test have been compiled in an effort both to describe the results of the field test and to make recommendations for future applications based on the lessons learned. This compilation of reports titled "Monitoring Quality of…
Resource Type : Report
Country : Turkey
Health Area: Family Planning
Project: SHOPS
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Language : English
Technical Area: Provider Quality
Helping District Teams Measure and Act on Client Satisfaction Data in Niger
This paper represents a summary of the QAP Operations Research Project entitled "The client perspective: Helping district teams measure and act on client satisfaction data in Niger." This study was implemented in two stages, the first taking place in October and November 1997, the second in…
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Language : English
Technical Area: Provider Quality
Client-Focused Care: An Evaluation of Tools for Gathering Client Satisfaction Data
Exit interviews and focus groups are two of the most widely used tools in health services research for measuring client satisfaction with health services. However, studies of the validity, utility, feasibility, and costs of these tools are virtually nonexistent. In addition, little information…
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Language : English
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Assessment of Third Party Payers in Jordan
The Partnerships for Health Reform, funded by the United States Agency for International Development, provides technical assistance in a variety of areas—including universal coverage of health services—to help improve the efficiency, effectiveness, and equity of Jordan's health system. This…
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Project: SHOPS
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Language : English
Technical Area: Provider Quality
Cost-effectiveness of USAID's Regional Support of Family Planning in West Africa
Between 1994 and 1996, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) closed 23 country missions worldwide, of which eight were in West and Central Africa. To preserve United States support for family planning and reproductive health in four countries in that region, USAID…
Resource Type : Report
Country : Guinea, Senegal, Togo
Health Area: Family Planning
Project: SHOPS
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Language : English
Technical Area: Health Financing
Health Reform, Decentralization, and Participation in Latin America: Protecting Sexual and Reproductive Health
Much of the work undertaken by the USAID-supported POLICY Project in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) has been based on the premise that improving partnership between governments and civil society and strengthening participatory processes in the region can help improve the decentralization…
Resource Type : Report
Country : Guatemala
Health Area: Sexual and Reproductive Health
Project: SHOPS
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Language : English
Technical Area: Provider Quality
Percepción de la calidad de la atenciónde los servicios de salud en México:perspectiva de los usuarios
The objective of this study was to describe the quality of health services as perceived by users in Mexico, as well as provide an analysis of predisposing and enabling factors to the use of these services.
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Project: SHOPS
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Language : Spanish
Technical Area: Provider Quality
Production of Services and Quality of Hospital Care in Southeastern State of Brazil: 1992-1995 (English and Portuguese)
The analysis shows a significant downward trend in the frequency of hospital admissions in the State of Rio de Janeiro, probably reflecting the deliberate withdraw of financial investments in this sector, which began in 1993. This reduction was selective with regard to age group distribution -…
Resource Type : Report
Country : Brazil
Health Area: Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health
Project: SHOPS
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Language : Portuguese
Technical Area: Provider Quality
Beyond Public and Private? Unorganised Markets in Health Care Delivery
This paper puts forward three arguments. First our understanding of the health sector is handicapped by trying to fit it into language and concepts which do not adequately capture its changing realities and the political economies within which health sectors are embedded. Second, this has…
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Health Area: HIV/AIDS
Project: SHOPS
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Technical Area: Public-Private Engagement
Extending Coverage of Priority Health Care Services through Collaboration with the Private Sector: Selected Experiences of USAID Cooperating Agencies
As it has become apparent in most regions that developing countries' public sectors lack the resources to meet the health care needs of their populations, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has sought increased collaboration with the private sector in the last decade…
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Language : French
Technical Area: Public-Private Engagement
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What is the Market Development Approach?
- What is the Market Development Approach (MDA) Process for Family Planning, and Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health? Brief #1 of 4 in a series on the MDA
- What is the Market System Framework and Its Role in Developing Family Planning, and Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health Markets? Brief #2 of 4 in a series on the MDA
- What are Key Terms Used in a Market Development Approach for Health? Brief #3 of 4 in a series on the MDA
- The Meaning and Importance of Stewardship in Developing Family Planning, and Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health Markets. Brief #4 of 4 in a series on the MDA
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