Published in Appl Health Econ Health Policy on January 01, 2006
Utilization of public or private health care providers by febrile children after user fee removal in Uganda. Malar J (2009) 2.62
The impact of user fees on health service utilization in low- and middle-income countries: how strong is the evidence? Bull World Health Organ (2008) 2.40
The national health insurance scheme: perceptions and experiences of health care providers and clients in two districts of Ghana. Health Econ Rev (2012) 1.85
A process evaluation of user fees abolition for pregnant women and children under five years in two districts in Niger (West Africa). BMC Health Serv Res (2009) 1.71
Global report on preterm birth and stillbirth (4 of 7): delivery of interventions. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth (2010) 1.71
The implications of policy changes on the uptake of a PMTCT programme in rural Malawi: first three years of experience. Glob Health Action (2009) 1.50
Financial barriers to HIV treatment in Yaoundé, Cameroon: first results of a national cross-sectional survey. Bull World Health Organ (2009) 1.42
A literature review of the disruptive effects of user fee exemption policies on health systems. BMC Public Health (2012) 1.41
Case management of severe malaria--a forgotten practice: experiences from health facilities in Uganda. PLoS One (2011) 1.39
Perceptions of short-term medical volunteer work: a qualitative study in Guatemala. Global Health (2009) 1.38
Healthcare seeking for diarrhoea, malaria and pneumonia among children in four poor rural districts in Sierra Leone in the context of free health care: results of a cross-sectional survey. BMC Public Health (2013) 1.37
Protocol: a realist review of user fee exemption policies for health services in Africa. BMJ Open (2012) 1.35
Removing financial barriers to access reproductive, maternal and newborn health services: the challenges and policy implications for human resources for health. Hum Resour Health (2013) 1.30
Direct facility funding as a response to user fee reduction: implementation and perceived impact among Kenyan health centres and dispensaries. Health Policy Plan (2010) 1.26
Cost and disease burden of dengue in Cambodia. BMC Public Health (2010) 1.22
User fee exemptions and equity in access to caesarean sections: an analysis of patient survey data in Mali. Int J Equity Health (2012) 1.16
Low coverage but few inclusion errors in Burkina Faso: a community-based targeting approach to exempt the indigent from user fees. BMC Public Health (2010) 1.16
China's new cooperative medical scheme and equity in access to health care: evidence from a longitudinal household survey. Int J Equity Health (2013) 1.13
User charges in health care: evidence of effect on service utilization & equity from north India. Indian J Med Res (2012) 1.12
Community views about routine HIV testing and antiretroviral treatment in Botswana: signs of progress from a cross sectional study. BMC Int Health Hum Rights (2007) 1.08
The financial burden of morbidity in HIV-infected adults on antiretroviral therapy in Côte d'Ivoire. PLoS One (2010) 1.04
Analyzing the influence of institutions on health policy development in Uganda: a case study of the decision to abolish user fees. Afr Health Sci (2011) 1.00
Global health actors no longer in favor of user fees: a documentary study. Global Health (2013) 0.97
Exploring household economic impacts of childhood diarrheal illnesses in 3 African settings. Clin Infect Dis (2012) 0.97
Tracking implementation and (un)intended consequences: a process evaluation of an innovative peripheral health facility financing mechanism in Kenya. Health Policy Plan (2015) 0.94
Making health insurance pro-poor: evidence from a household panel in rural China. BMC Health Serv Res (2015) 0.94
Abolishing user fees in Africa. PLoS Med (2009) 0.93
The impact of reducing financial barriers on utilisation of a primary health care facility in Rwanda. Glob Public Health (2011) 0.92
Why are pro-poor exemption policies in Tanzania better implemented in some districts than in others? Int J Equity Health (2013) 0.92
Effect of User Charges on Secondary Level Surgical Care Utilization and Out-of-Pocket Expenditures in Haryana State, India. PLoS One (2015) 0.89
The impact of out-of-pocket payments on health care inequity: the case of national health insurance in South Korea. Int J Environ Res Public Health (2014) 0.87
From institutionalization of user fees to their abolition in West Africa: a story of pilot projects and public policies. BMC Health Serv Res (2015) 0.86
Financial accessibility and user fee reforms for maternal healthcare in five sub-Saharan countries: a quasi-experimental analysis. BMJ Open (2016) 0.86
Financial catastrophe and poverty impacts of out-of-pocket health payments in Turkey. Eur J Health Econ (2014) 0.86
Access to health care in relation to socioeconomic status in the Amazonian area of Peru. Int J Equity Health (2009) 0.85
Perceived quality of care for common childhood illnesses: facility versus community based providers in Uganda. PLoS One (2013) 0.84
Estimation of maternal and child mortality one year after user-fee elimination: an impact evaluation and modelling study in Burkina Faso. Bull World Health Organ (2014) 0.82
Implementation of patient charges at primary care facilities in Kenya: implications of low adherence to user fee policy for users and facility revenue. Health Policy Plan (2014) 0.82
Is the process for selecting indigents to receive free care in Burkina Faso equitable? BMC Public Health (2014) 0.79
Out-of-pocket payments, health care access and utilisation in south-eastern Nigeria: a gender perspective. PLoS One (2014) 0.79
Ethical considerations related to participation and partnership: an investigation of stakeholders' perceptions of an action-research project on user fee removal for the poorest in Burkina Faso. BMC Med Ethics (2014) 0.78
Barriers to Surgical Care and Health Outcomes: A Prospective Study on the Relation Between Wealth, Sex, and Postoperative Complications in the Republic of Congo. World J Surg (2017) 0.78
A community-based approach to indigent selection is difficult to organize in a formal neighbourhood in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso: a mixed methods exploratory study. Int J Equity Health (2014) 0.76
Who benefits most from influenza vaccination policy: a study among the elderly in Beijing, China. Int J Equity Health (2016) 0.75
"I go I die, I stay I die, better to stay and die in my house": understanding the barriers to accessing health care in Timor-Leste. BMC Health Serv Res (2016) 0.75
Free HIV antiretroviral therapy enhances adherence among individuals on stable treatment: implications for potential shortfalls in free antiretroviral therapy. PLoS One (2013) 0.75
Free health care for under-fives, expectant and recent mothers? Evaluating the impact of Sierra Leone's free health care initiative. Health Econ Rev (2016) 0.75
Access and utilisation of primary health care services comparing urban and rural areas of Riyadh Providence, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. BMC Health Serv Res (2017) 0.75
An assessment of the effect of user fee policy reform on facility-based deliveries in rural Zambia. BMC Res Notes (2016) 0.75
Development and formative evaluation of a visual e-tool to help decision makers navigate the evidence around health financing. JMIR Res Protoc (2012) 0.75
Picking up the bill - improving health-care utilisation in the Democratic Republic of Congo through user fee subsidisation: a before and after study. BMC Health Serv Res (2014) 0.75
Financial access to health care in Karuzi, Burundi: a household-survey based performance evaluation. Int J Equity Health (2009) 0.75
Do Management and Leadership Practices in the Context of Decentralisation Influence Performance of Community Health Fund? Evidence From Iramba and Iringa Districts in Tanzania. Int J Health Policy Manag (2016) 0.75
How many child deaths can we prevent this year? Lancet (2003) 30.39
Where and why are 10 million children dying every year? Lancet (2003) 28.59
Human infection with a novel avian-origin influenza A (H7N9) virus. N Engl J Med (2013) 24.88
What works? Interventions for maternal and child undernutrition and survival. Lancet (2008) 13.89
The WHO public-health approach to antiretroviral treatment against HIV in resource-limited settings. Lancet (2006) 11.06
Applying an equity lens to child health and mortality: more of the same is not enough. Lancet (2003) 9.25
How to bridge the gap in human resources for health. Lancet (2004) 6.85
Reducing child mortality: can public health deliver? Lancet (2003) 6.54
Serotonin transporter promoter gain-of-function genotypes are linked to obsessive-compulsive disorder. Am J Hum Genet (2006) 6.27
Genetic basis for individual variations in pain perception and the development of a chronic pain condition. Hum Mol Genet (2004) 5.87
Trends in access to health services and financial protection in China between 2003 and 2011: a cross-sectional study. Lancet (2012) 4.98
What can be done about the private health sector in low-income countries? Bull World Health Organ (2002) 4.87
COMT val158met genotype affects mu-opioid neurotransmitter responses to a pain stressor. Science (2003) 4.72
Gaps in policy-relevant information on burden of disease in children: a systematic review. Lancet (2005) 4.64
Multi-country analysis of the effects of diarrhoea on childhood stunting. Int J Epidemiol (2008) 4.46
Achieving universal coverage with health interventions. Lancet (2004) 4.29
Probable person to person transmission of novel avian influenza A (H7N9) virus in Eastern China, 2013: epidemiological investigation. BMJ (2013) 4.17
Salaries and incomes of health workers in sub-Saharan Africa. Lancet (2008) 4.13
Investment in HIV/AIDS programs: does it help strengthen health systems in developing countries? Global Health (2008) 4.10
Global and regional burden of hospital admissions for severe acute lower respiratory infections in young children in 2010: a systematic analysis. Lancet (2013) 3.98
A family cluster of infections by a newly recognized bunyavirus in eastern China, 2007: further evidence of person-to-person transmission. Clin Infect Dis (2011) 3.91
Platelet reactivity and clinical outcomes after coronary artery implantation of drug-eluting stents (ADAPT-DES): a prospective multicentre registry study. Lancet (2013) 3.74
Improving the health of the global poor. Science (2002) 3.69
Building the field of health policy and systems research: an agenda for action. PLoS Med (2011) 3.54
Building the field of health policy and systems research: social science matters. PLoS Med (2011) 3.46
Coping with out-of-pocket health payments: empirical evidence from 15 African countries. Bull World Health Organ (2008) 3.33
Poverty and user fees for public health care in low-income countries: lessons from Uganda and Cambodia. Lancet (2006) 3.24
Building the field of health policy and systems research: framing the questions. PLoS Med (2011) 3.21
Addictions biology: haplotype-based analysis for 130 candidate genes on a single array. Alcohol Alcohol (2008) 3.13
Health service utilization in the former soviet union: evidence from eight countries. Health Serv Res (2004) 3.01
Got ACTs? Availability, price, market share and provider knowledge of anti-malarial medicines in public and private sector outlets in six malaria-endemic countries. Malar J (2011) 2.99
Scaling up in international health: what are the key issues? Health Policy Plan (2010) 2.96
Costs and consequences of large-scale vector control for malaria. Malar J (2008) 2.93
Is malaria a disease of poverty? A review of the literature. Trop Med Int Health (2005) 2.88
National adult antiretroviral therapy guidelines in resource-limited countries: concordance with 2003 WHO guidelines? AIDS (2006) 2.82
Out-of-pocket health expenditure and debt in poor households: evidence from Cambodia. Trop Med Int Health (2004) 2.74
Genetic variation in human NPY expression affects stress response and emotion. Nature (2008) 2.65
Preventing impoverishment through protection against catastrophic health expenditure. Bull World Health Organ (2002) 2.56
The health migration crisis: the role of four Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development countries. Lancet (2006) 2.49
A 160-kilobit molecular electronic memory patterned at 10(11) bits per square centimetre. Nature (2007) 2.48
Expanding ART for treatment and prevention of HIV in South Africa: estimated cost and cost-effectiveness 2011-2050. PLoS One (2012) 2.39
Which delivery systems reach the poor? A review of equity of coverage of ever-treated nets, never-treated nets, and immunisation to reduce child mortality in Africa. Lancet Infect Dis (2005) 2.39
Trends in retention on antiretroviral therapy in national programs in low-income and middle-income countries. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr (2010) 2.33
Comorbidity in childhood in northern Ghana: magnitude, associated factors, and impact on mortality. Int J Epidemiol (2005) 2.32
Universal coverage of health services: tailoring its implementation. Bull World Health Organ (2008) 2.30
Scaling-up and sustaining insecticide-treated net coverage. Lancet Infect Dis (2003) 2.27
Iatrogenic poverty. Trop Med Int Health (2003) 2.26
Health sector reforms and human resources for health in Uganda and Bangladesh: mechanisms of effect. Hum Resour Health (2007) 2.25
Do malaria control interventions reach the poor? A view through the equity lens. Am J Trop Med Hyg (2004) 2.23
Inequalities in purchase of mosquito nets and willingness to pay for insecticide-treated nets in Nigeria: challenges for malaria control interventions. Malar J (2004) 2.23
Employment preferences of public sector nurses in Malawi: results from a discrete choice experiment. Trop Med Int Health (2008) 2.20
The financial burden from non-communicable diseases in low- and middle-income countries: a literature review. Health Res Policy Syst (2013) 2.20
Genetic influence on variability in human acute experimental pain sensitivity associated with gender, ethnicity and psychological temperament. Pain (2004) 2.17
Removing user fees in the health sector: a review of policy processes in six sub-Saharan African countries. Health Policy Plan (2011) 2.07
Costs and effects of the Tanzanian national voucher scheme for insecticide-treated nets. Malar J (2008) 2.07
The ACTwatch project: methods to describe anti-malarial markets in seven countries. Malar J (2011) 2.03
How to do (or not to do) ... Designing a discrete choice experiment for application in a low-income country. Health Policy Plan (2008) 2.01
Using ancestry-informative markers to define populations and detect population stratification. J Psychopharmacol (2006) 1.98
Increasing access to health workers in underserved areas: a conceptual framework for measuring results. Bull World Health Organ (2010) 1.96
Impact on child mortality of removing user fees: simulation model. BMJ (2005) 1.96
Quality of anti-malarial drugs provided by public and private healthcare providers in south-east Nigeria. Malar J (2009) 1.94
Delivery systems for insecticide treated and untreated mosquito nets in Africa: categorization and outcomes achieved. Health Policy Plan (2007) 1.92
Access to health care for all? User fees plus a Health Equity Fund in Sotnikum, Cambodia. Health Policy Plan (2004) 1.90
What do we mean by rigorous health-systems research? Lancet (2008) 1.89
Estimating the costs of achieving the WHO-UNICEF Global Immunization Vision and Strategy, 2006-2015. Bull World Health Organ (2008) 1.86
Highly active antiretroviral treatment as prevention of HIV transmission: review of scientific evidence and update. Curr Opin HIV AIDS (2010) 1.83
Clinical outcomes after transcatheter aortic valve replacement using valve academic research consortium definitions: a weighted meta-analysis of 3,519 patients from 16 studies. J Am Coll Cardiol (2012) 1.80
New caged coumarin fluorophores with extraordinary uncaging cross sections suitable for biological imaging applications. J Am Chem Soc (2004) 1.74
BDNF variation and mood disorders: a novel functional promoter polymorphism and Val66Met are associated with anxiety but have opposing effects. Neuropsychopharmacology (2005) 1.74
A new global immunisation vision and strategy. Lancet (2006) 1.74
Costing the distribution of insecticide-treated nets: a review of cost and cost-effectiveness studies to provide guidance on standardization of costing methodology. Malar J (2006) 1.73
Impact of in-hospital major bleeding on late clinical outcomes after primary percutaneous coronary intervention in acute myocardial infarction the HORIZONS-AMI (Harmonizing Outcomes With Revascularization and Stents in Acute Myocardial Infarction) trial. J Am Coll Cardiol (2011) 1.72
Are malaria treatment expenditures catastrophic to different socio-economic and geographic groups and how do they cope with payment? A study in southeast Nigeria. Trop Med Int Health (2009) 1.72
Assessment of a national voucher scheme to deliver insecticide-treated mosquito nets to pregnant women. CMAJ (2010) 1.71
Which family members use the best nets? An analysis of the condition of mosquito nets and their distribution within households in Tanzania. Malar J (2010) 1.67
Genetic origins of anxiety in women: a role for a functional catechol-O-methyltransferase polymorphism. Psychiatr Genet (2003) 1.64
Health systems factors influencing maternal health services: a four-country comparison. Health Policy (2004) 1.63
Relationship between intravascular ultrasound guidance and clinical outcomes after drug-eluting stents: the assessment of dual antiplatelet therapy with drug-eluting stents (ADAPT-DES) study. Circulation (2013) 1.62
Malaria eradication: the economic, financial and institutional challenge. Malar J (2008) 1.62
Vascular complications after transcatheter aortic valve replacement: insights from the PARTNER (Placement of AoRTic TraNscathetER Valve) trial. J Am Coll Cardiol (2012) 1.61
Preferences for hospital quality in Zambia: results from a discrete choice experiment. Health Econ (2005) 1.60
Derivation of parameters used in Spectrum for eligibility for antiretroviral therapy and survival on antiretroviral therapy. Sex Transm Infect (2010) 1.59
An unhealthy public-private tension: pharmacy ownership, prescribing, and spending in the Philippines. Health Aff (Millwood) (2009) 1.59
Financial burden of household out-of pocket health expenditure in Viet Nam: findings from the National Living Standard Survey 2002-2010. Soc Sci Med (2012) 1.59
Improving access to hospital care for the poor: comparative analysis of four health equity funds in Cambodia. Health Policy Plan (2007) 1.57
Prognostic impact of a chronic total occlusion in a non-infarct-related artery in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction: 3-year results from the HORIZONS-AMI trial. Eur Heart J (2012) 1.57
Mutual health insurance in Rwanda: evidence on access to care and financial risk protection. Health Policy (2010) 1.57
Horizontal equity in utilisation of care and fairness of health financing: a comparison of micro-health insurance and user fees in Rwanda. Health Econ (2006) 1.57
Implementing general practice in Russia: getting beyond the first steps. BMJ (2005) 1.56
Enhanced efficacy of sirolimus-eluting bioabsorbable magnesium alloy stents in the prevention of restenosis. J Endovasc Ther (2011) 1.55
Individual, facility and policy level influences on national coverage estimates for intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in pregnancy in Tanzania. Malar J (2008) 1.55
Measuring health workers' motivation in rural health facilities: baseline results from three study districts in Zambia. Hum Resour Health (2013) 1.54
Concern Immune protection induced on day 10 following administration of the 2009 A/H1N1 pandemic influenza vaccine. PLoS One (2010) 1.51
Clinical outcomes following stent thrombosis occurring in-hospital versus out-of-hospital: results from the HORIZONS-AMI (Harmonizing Outcomes with Revascularization and Stents in Acute Myocardial Infarction) trial. J Am Coll Cardiol (2012) 1.51
Highly active antiretroviral treatment for the prevention of HIV transmission. J Int AIDS Soc (2010) 1.51