SynthesisWellcome open research2021
The hidden financial burden of healthcare: a systematic literature review of informal payments in Sub-Saharan Africa.
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20 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 35 citations in OpenAlex.
- Facilitators and barriers of healthcare financing modalities for universal maternal healthcare services in East Africa: a qualitative systematic review.BMC health services research · 2025Pooled it
- A Systematic Review of the World's Largest Government Sponsored Health Insurance Scheme for 500 Million Beneficiaries in India: Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana.Applied health economics and health policy · 2024Pooled it
- The hidden financial burden of healthcare: a systematic literature review of informal payments in Sub-Saharan Africa.Wellcome open research · 2021Pooled it
- Understanding informal payments in the health sector in Malawi: results of a multidistrict household survey.Health policy and planning · 2026Article
- Informal payments and the illusion of free care: a perspective from Somalia's fragile health system.International journal for equity in health · 2026Article
- Informal and out-of-pocket payments for public-sector contraceptive care in remote Madagascar.Contraception · 2026Article
- Beyond the price tag: a scoping review of the determinants of informal payments in health systems and strategies for curbing them.BMC health services research · 2026Article
- Epidemiologic trends, diagnostic limitations, and public health challenges of enteric fever in sub-Saharan Africa: A narrative review.IJID regions · 2026Review
- Explaining informal patient payments through gaps in governance - a comparative assessment of health system governance in three European countries.BMC health services research · 2026Article
- Employed but Unpaid, Volunteers or Paradoxical Surplus? Sierra Leone's Unsalaried Health Workforce.The International journal of health planning and management · 2026Article
- Health-seeking behaviour, health service delivery and its perceived impact among stroke survivors in Sierra Leone: a longitudinal qualitative study embedded in the SISLE project.BMC health services research · 2025Article
- Household health-seeking behaviour and response to Informal payment: does economic status matter?Health economics review · 2025Review
- The effects of environmental health services on patient well-being and quality of care: A qualitative study in Malawi's public healthcare facilities.SSM - health systems · 2025Article
- Challenges in implementing Indonesia's community-based chronic disease management program (Prolanis): A scoping review.AIMS public health · 2025Review
- Catastrophic expenditure associated with childhood hospitalisation for acute illness in Kenya and Uganda: a cross-sectional study.BMJ public health · 2025Article
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- Untangling the corruption maze: exploring the complexity of corruption in the health sector.Health economics review · 2024Review
- Unsalaried health workers in Sierra Leone: a scoping review of the literature to establish their impact on healthcare delivery.International journal for equity in health · 2023Article
- Maternal and newborn healthcare utilization in Kampala urban slums: perspectives of women, their spouses, and healthcare providers.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2023Article
- The red packet phenomenon from the perspective of young Chinese doctors: a questionnaire study.BMC medical ethics · 2022Article
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