Care for America's elderly and disabled people relies on immigrant labor

L Zallman, KE Finnegan, DU Himmelstein, S Touw… - Health …, 2019 - healthaffairs.org
As the US wrestles with immigration policy and caring for an aging population, data on
immigrants' role as health care and long-term care workers can inform both debates …

[HTML][HTML] Comprehensive and integrated district health systems strengthening: the Rwanda Population Health Implementation and Training (PHIT) Partnership

PC Drobac, P Basinga, J Condo, PE Farmer… - BMC health services …, 2013 - Springer
Abstract Background Nationally, health in Rwanda has been improving since 2000, with
considerable improvement since 2005. Despite improvements, rural areas continue to lag …

[HTML][HTML] National assessment of data quality and associated systems-level factors in Malawi

R O'Hagan, MA Marx, KE Finnegan… - … Health: Science and …, 2017 - ghspjournal.org
Background: Routine health data can guide health systems improvements, but poor quality
of these data hinders use. To address concerns about data quality in Malawi, the Ministry of …

Implications of changing public charge immigration rules for children who need medical care

L Zallman, KE Finnegan, DU Himmelstein… - JAMA …, 2019 - jamanetwork.com
Importance In October 2018, the Trump administration published a proposed rule change
that would increase the chance of an immigrant being deemed a “public charge” and …

Geographic barriers to achieving universal health coverage: evidence from rural Madagascar

A Garchitorena, FA Ihantamalala… - Health Policy and …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Poor geographic access can persist even when affordable and well-functioning health
systems are in place, limiting efforts for universal health coverage (UHC). It is unclear how to …

[HTML][HTML] Impact of a health system strengthening intervention on maternal and child health outputs and outcomes in rural Rwanda 2005–2010

DR Thomson, C Amoroso, S Atwood, MH Bonds… - BMJ global …, 2018 - gh.bmj.com
Introduction Although Rwanda's health system underwent major reforms and improvements
after the 1994 Genocide, the health system and population health in the southeast lagged …

[HTML][HTML] Integrating health systems and science to respond to COVID-19 in a model district of rural Madagascar

RJL Rakotonanahary, H Andriambolamanana… - Frontiers in Public …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
There are many outstanding questions about how to control the global COVID-19 pandemic.
The information void has been especially stark in the World Health Organization Africa …

Networks of care in rural Madagascar for achieving universal health coverage in Ifanadiana district

LF Cordier, K Kalaris, RJL Rakotonanahary… - Health Systems & …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Health care is most effective when a patient's basic primary care needs are met as close to
home as possible, with advanced care accessible when needed. In Ifanadiana District …

[HTML][HTML] Applying a zero-corrected, gravity model estimator reduces bias due to heterogeneity in healthcare utilization in community-scale, passive surveillance …

MV Evans, FA Ihantamalala, M Randriamihaja… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Data on population health are vital to evidence-based decision making but are rarely
adequately localized or updated in continuous time. They also suffer from low ascertainment …

Immigrants pay more in private insurance premiums than they receive in benefits

L Zallman, S Woolhandler, S Touw, DU Himmelstein… - Health …, 2018 - healthaffairs.org
As US policy makers tackle immigration reform, knowing whether immigrants are a burden
on the nation's health care system can inform the debate. Previous studies have indicated …