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Expanding access to priority health interventions: a framework for understanding the constraints to scaling‐up
Author(s) -
Hanson Kara,
Ranson M. Kent,
OliveiraCruz Valeria,
Mills Anne
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
journal of international development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.533
H-Index - 66
eISSN - 1099-1328
pISSN - 0954-1748
DOI - 10.1002/jid.963
Subject(s) - psychological intervention , corporate governance , public economics , language change , commission , service delivery framework , health services , economics , business , service (business) , economic growth , public administration , political science , medicine , finance , environmental health , nursing , marketing , art , population , literature
The Commission on Macroeconomics and Health recommended a significant expansion in funding for health interventions in poor countries. However, there are a range of constraints to expanding access to health services: as well as an absolute lack of resources, access to health interventions is hindered by problems of demand, weak service delivery systems, policies at the health and cross‐sectoral levels, and constraints related to governance, corruption and geography. This special issue is devoted to analysis of the nature and intensity of these constraints, and how they can best be overcome. Copyright © 2003 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.