International Journal of Health Governance: Volume 26 Issue 4

Drug price control in Malaysia: a stakeholder analysis

Amirul Ashraf, Siew Chin Ong

Pharmaceutical pricing has always been a contentious issue around the world. Recently, the Government of Malaysia has proposed for drug price control. This proposal has received…

Critical factors in capacity building of NGOs in the intellectual disability sector in India: PLS SEM modelling

Mukesh Jain, Sanjay Dhir

Most of the services being delivered to persons with disabilities (PwDs) in India are through non-government organizations (NGOs). The quality and effectiveness for the delivery…

Modeling and analysis of barriers in controlling TB: developing countries' perspective

Palka Mittal, Puneeta Ajmera, Vineet Jain, Gaurav Aggarwal

Tuberculosis (TB) continues to c-exist with humans despite many TB control programs and elimination strategies. This depicts that some barriers are not allowing achieving the…

Strategies and lessons learnt from user involvement in researching quality and safety in nursing homes and homecare

Ingunn Aase, Eline Ree, Terese Johannessen, Elisabeth Holen-Rabbersvik, Line Hurup Thomsen, Torunn Strømme, Berit Ullebust, Lene Schibevaag, Hilda Bø Lyng, Jane O'Hara, Siri Wiig

The purpose is to share strategies, rationales and lessons learnt from user involvement in a quality and safety improvement research project from the practice field in nursing…

Participation of nongovernmental organizations in Iran's health-care system: challenges and suggestions for improvement

Parvin Ebrahimi, Mohanna Rajabi, Aidin Aryankhesal

Nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) play a critical role in modern health-care systems complementing state organizations. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the…

Fostering healthcare innovation: a qualitative study of dental implant product development by Thai university researchers

Sutti Sooampon, Pagaporn Pantuwadee Pisarnturakit, Sireerat Sooampon

This study investigated the conditions required to foster healthcare innovation. Due to the limited research and development (R&D) capability of the Thai private sector…

Comparative study on Vietnam’s and Philippines' COVID-19 response using historical institutionalism

Peter Jerome B. Del Rosario, Francesca Mitchel Ofilada, Rose Ann D. Vicente

This paper analyzed the healthcare systems of the Philippines and Vietnam prior to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and their strategies on mass testing, contact tracing…

The age-friendly public health center satisfaction scale: development and psychometric evaluation

Baithesda Baithesda, Ching-Min Chen, Neti Juniarti, Abigail Asfas Tandilangi

The study aimed to develop a reliable and valid instrument that could be used to assess the age-friendly Public Health Center Satisfaction (APHCS) among older people.

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