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ArticleInternational journal of health policy and management2023

What Might Be Required for Inspections to Be Considered Fair? Comment on "What Lies Behind Successful Regulation? A Qualitative Evaluation of Pilot Implementation of Kenya's Health Facility Inspection Reforms".

Gunnar Husabø, Einar Hovlid

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Article in International journal of health policy and management, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2 authors.

Gunnar HusabøDepartment of Social Science, Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, Sogndal, Norway.ORCID 0000-0002-8726-1769
Einar HovlidDepartment of Social Science, Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, Sogndal, Norway.ORCID 0000-0003-0300-4405

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Tama et al offer us an interesting analysis of a piloted regulatory reform that introduced a Joint Health Inspections (JHIs) system in three Kenyan counties. The study highlights key factors facilitating or hindering the implementation of the reform. In this commentary we reflect on the concept of fairness, which is one of the topics that is discussed in the study. We describe four important dimensions of fairness in the context of inspections: expectation clarity, consistency of assessment, consistency of enforcement, and fairness to patients. We argue that all four dimensions are important in the regulatory design, in order for the inspection to be perceived as fair.

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Health FacilitiesHealth Care ReformHumansKenyaEquityExternal ReviewsJusticeSupervision

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PMID35942956
PMCPMC10125043

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