This article identifies factors associated with client perceptions of the quality of primary care services in Afghanistan through a cross-sectional survey of outpatient health facilities, health workers, patients and caretakers.
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Community-based health insurance (CBHI) schemes offer the possibility of raising revenues from communities and at the same time providing financial protection. This paper describes the performance of one type of CBHI scheme, the Community Health Fund (CHF), which was piloted for the first time in five provinces of Afghanistan between June 2005 and October 2006. The performance of the CHF programme demonstrates that complex community-based health financing schemes can be implemented in post-conflict settings like Afghanistan, except in areas of high insecurity.
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This paper examines the impact of quality improvements in conjunction with user fees on the utilization andequality of outpatient services at a range of public sector health facilities in India.
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This article's objectives: (i) To develop a reliable and valid scale to measure in-patient and outpatient perceptions of quality in India and (ii) to identify aspects of perceived quality which have large effects on patient satisfaction.
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This journal articles looks at whether a decision support technology for non-physicians can increase health care utilization and quality.
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