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Matthew Jowett

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Economic crisis, health systems and health in Europe: Country experience

A Maresso, P Mladovsky, S Thomson, A Sagan… - 2015 - apps.who.int
The financial and economic crisis has had a visible but varied impact on many health
systems in Europe, eliciting a wide range of responses from governments faced with …

Safe motherhood interventions in low-income countries: an economic justification and evidence of cost effectiveness

M Jowett - Health policy, 2000 - Elsevier
It is estimated that 1600 women die world-wide each day as a result of problems during
pregnancy or childbirth. A large proportion of these deaths is preventable. This article …

[BOOK][B] Economic crisis, health systems and health in Europe: impact and implications for policy

S Thomson, J Figueras, T Evetovits, M Jowett… - 2015 - researchgate.net
This policy summary is one of a new series to meet the needs of policy-makers and health
system managers. The aim is to develop key messages to support evidence-informed policy …

[HTML][HTML] Health financing in fragile and conflict-affected settings: What do we know, seven years on?

MP Bertone, M Jowett, E Dale, S Witter - Social science & medicine, 2019 - Elsevier
Over the last few years, there has been growing attention to health systems research in
fragile and conflict-affected setting (FCAS) from both researchers and donors. In 2012, an …

The impact of public voluntary health insurance on private health expenditures in Vietnam

M Jowett, P Contoyannis, ND Vinh - Social science & medicine, 2003 - Elsevier
As a financing mechanism with the potential to raise additional funds for health services,
whilst improving access to services amongst the poor, non-profit health insurance has …

Health insurance and treatment seeking behaviour: evidence from a low‐income country

M Jowett, A Deolalikar, P Martinsson - Health economics, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
This paper analyses the effect of being insured under the voluntary component of
Vietnamese Health Insurance, on patterns of treatment seeking behaviour. A multinomial …

[PDF][PDF] Exploring the thresholds of health expenditure for protection against financial risk

K Xu, P Saksena, M Jowett, C Indikadahena… - World health …, 2010 - cdn.who.int
Globally, 5.3 trillion dollars were devoted to health care in 2007. However, resources
available ranged widely, from US $7439 in Luxembourg to US $7 in Myanmar. Global …

Social health insurance in a developing country: the case of the Philippines

K Obermann, MR Jowett, MOO Alcantara… - Social Science & …, 2006 - Elsevier
Very little is known about the Philippine health care system, and in particular its experience
with social health insurance (SHI). Having initiated an SHI programme 35 years ago, the …

[PDF][PDF] Spending targets for health: no magic number

M Jowett, MP Brunal, G Flores, J Cylus - 2016 - apps.who.int
Spending targets for health: no magic number Page 1 HEALTH FINANCING WORKING
PAPER N o 1 Spending targets for health: no magic number Matthew Jowett Maria Petro …

The role of national health insurance for achieving UHC in the Philippines: a mixed methods analysis

K Obermann, M Jowett, S Kwon - Global health action, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT Background: Achieving Universal Health Coverage (UHC) has by now become
a key health policy goal in many countries and some form of National Health Insurance …