Library
Oxford Policy Management consultants publish in a wide selection of academic peer reviewed journals, edited books and monographs, open access resources and other channels. This 'library' catalogue of publications contains links where possible to access the original materials for your reference, and highlights the scope and quality of the OPM research base.
Selected Publications
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Rates of Hospital-Acquired Respiratory Illness in Bangladeshi Tertiary Care Hospitals: Results from a Low-Cost Pilot Surveillance Strategy
Date published: 14 Apr 2010Author(s):Emily S. Gurley
Rebeca Sultana, Michael Bell, Alicia M. Fry, Arjun Srinivasan, Mahmudur Rahman, M. Waliur Rahman, M. Jahangir Hossain, and Stephen P. Luby
A total of 6.1 hospital-acquired respiratory infections were identified per 1000 patient-days at risk in Bangladeshi hospitals, and clusters of disease frequently occurred. This low-cost surveillance method ...
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Real Money, New Frontiers: Case Studies of Financial Innovation in Africa
Date published: 31 Mar 2010Author(s):Mark Napier (editor)
Contributors: Allen L Hammond, Fred Ahwireng-Obeng and David T Mutombo, Karen Ellis, David Porteous and Robert Stone
Access to financial services is recognised across the world as a powerful contributor to economic growth and poverty alleviation in developing countries. 'Real Money, New Frontiers' is a ...
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Who Wants to Work in a Rural Health Post? The Role of Intrinsic Motivation, Rural Background and Faith-Based Institutions in Rwanda and Ethiopia
Date published: 22 Mar 2010Author(s):Pieter Serneels, Jose G. Montalvo, Gunilla Pettersson,
Jean Damascene Butera and Aklilu Kidanu
Most developing countries face shortages of health workers in rural areas. This has profound consequences for health service delivery, and ultimately for health outcomes. To design policies that rectify th...
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Influenza in Outpatient ILI Case-Patients in National Hospital-Based Surveillance, Bangladesh, 2007–2008
Date published: 29 Dec 2009Author(s):A.S.M. Alamgir, M. Rahman, E. Azziz-Baumgartner, E.S. Gurley, et al.
Recent population-based estimates in a Dhaka low-income community suggest that influenza was prevalent among children. To explore the epidemiology and seasonality of influenza throughout the country and amon...
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Expenditure on Obstetric Care and the Protective Effect of Insurance on the Poor: Lessons from Two Indonesian Districts
Date published: 08 Dec 2009Author(s):Zahidul Quayyum, Mardiati Nadjib,
and Purwa Kurnia Sucahya
The Indonesian Government recently introduced a health insurance scheme to improve access to care for the poor. We investigated the payments made by households for different types of obstetric care, the econ...
