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Health Economics Unit

Journal articles

2010

ATAGUBA, J. E. & AKAZILI, J. (2010) Health care financing in South Africa: moving towards universal coverage. Continuing Medical Education, 28(2).

CLEARY, S. (2010) Trade-offs in scaling up HIV treatment in South Africa. Health Policy and Planning.

GILSON, L. & SCHNEIDER, H. (2010) Managing scaling up: What are the key lessons? Health Policy & Planning.

KOCH, S. & ALABA, O. (2010) On health insurance and household decisions: A treatment effect analysis. Social Science & Medicine, 70, 175-182.

NACHEGA, J. B., LEISEGANG, R., BISHAI, D., NGUYEN, H., HISLOP, M., CLEARY, S., REGENSBERG, L. & MAARTENS, G. (2010) Association of Antiretroviral Therapy Adherence and Health Care Costs. Annals of Internal Medicine, 152, 18-25.

2009

ATAGUBA, J. E. & MOONEY, G. (2009) Building on ‘The concept of prevention: a good idea gone astray?’. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, Published online: 24 November 2009.

CLEARY, S., MOONEY, G. & MCINTYRE, D. (2009) Equity and efficiency in HIV-treatment in South Africa: the contribution of mathematical programming to priority setting. Health Economics.

CLEARY, S. M. & MCINTYRE, D. (2009) Affordability – the forgotten criterion in health care priority setting. Health Economics 18, 373-375.

COOVADIA, H., JEWKES, R., BARRON, P., SANDERS, D. & MCINTYRE, D. (2009) The health and health system of South Africa: historical roots of current public health challenges. Lancet.

GOUDGE, J., GILSON, L., RUSSELL, S., GUMEDE, T. & MILLS, A. (2009) Affordability, availability and acceptability barriers to health care for the chronically ill: Longitudinal case studies from South Africa. BMC Health Service Research, 9.

GOUDGE, J., GILSON, L., RUSSELL, S., GUMEDE, T. & MILLS, A. (2009) The household costs of health care in rural South Africa with free public primary care and hospital exemptions for the poor. Tropical Medicine and International Health, 14, 458-467.

GOUDGE, J., RUSSEL, S., GILSON, L., GUMEDE, T., TOLLMAN, S. & MILLS, A. (2009) Illness-related impoverishment in South Africa: why does social protection work for some and not others? Journal of International Development, 21, 231-251.

GOUDGE, J., RUSSEL, S., GILSON, L., MOLYNEUX, C. & HANSON, K. (2009) Editorial: Household experiences of ill-health and risk protection mechanisms. Journal of International Development, 21, 159-168.

HARRIES, J., MOODLEY, J., BARONE, M. A., MALL, S. & SINANOVIC, E. (2009) Preparing for HPV vaccination in South Africa: Key challenges and opinions. Vaccine, 27, 38-44.

KEVANY, S., MEINTJES, G., REBE, K., MAARTENS, G. & CLEARY, S. (2009) Clinical and financial burdens of secondary level care in a public sector antiretroviral roll-out setting (G. F. Jooste Hospital). S Afr Med J, 99, 320-5.

LEISEGANG, R., CLEARY, S., HISLOP, M., DAVIDSE, A., REGENSBERG, L., LITTLE, F. & MAARTENS, G. (2009) Early and late direct costs in a Southern African antiretroviral treatment programme: A retrospective cohort analysis. PLOS Medicine, 6(12).

MBINDYO, P. M., BLAAUW, D., GILSON, L. & ENGLISH, M. (2009) Developing a tool to measure health worker motivation in district hospitals in Kenya. Human Resources for Health, 7.

MBINDYO, P., GILSON, L., BLAAUW, D. & ENGLISH, M. (2009) Contextual influences on health worker motivation in district hospitals in Kenya. Implementation Science, 4.

MCINTYRE, D., GOUDGE, J., HARRIS, B., NXUMALO, N. & NKOSI, M. (2009) Prerequisites for National Health Insurance in South Africa: Results of a national household survey. South African Medical Journal, 99, 725-729.

MCINTYRE, D., THIEDE, M. & BIRCH, S. (2009) Access as a policy-relevant concept in low- and middle-income countries. Health Policy, Economics and Law 4, 179-193.

MOONEY, G. & ATAGUBA, J. E. (2009) The global financial meltdown and the need for a political economy of health promotion. Health Promotion Journal of Australia, 20, 3-4.

MOONEY, G. & GILSON, L. (2009) The economic situation in South Africa and health inequities. Lancet.

MOLYNEUX, C. S., GOUDGE, J., RUSSELL, S., CHUMA, J., GUMEDE, T. & GILSON, L. (2009) Conducting health-related social science research in low income settings: ethical dilemmas faced in Kenya and South Africa. Journal of International Development, 21, 309-326.

NJAU, R., DE SAVIGNY, D., GILSON, L., MWAGENI, E. & MOSHA, F. W. (2009) Implementation of an insecticide-treated net subsidy scheme under a public-private partnership for malaria control in Tanzania – challenges in implementation. Malaria Journal, 8.

SINANOVIC, E. & KUMARANAYAKE, L. (2009) The motivations for participation in public-private partnerships for the provision of tuberculosis treatment in South Africa. Global Public Health, 99999.

SINANOVIC, E., MOODLEY, J., BARONE, M., MALL, S., CLEARY, S. M. & HARRIES, J. (2009) The potential cost-effectiveness of adding a human papillomavirus vaccine to the cervical cancer screening programme in South Africa. Vaccine, 27, 6196–6202.

SMITH DE CHERIF, T. K., SCHOEMAN, J. H., CLEARY, S., MEINTJES, G. A., REBE, K. & MAARTENS, G. (2009) Early severe morbidity and resource utilization in South African adults on antiretroviral therapy. BMC Infectious Diseases, 9.

2008

CASTILLO-RIQUELME, M., CHALABI, Z., LORD, J., GUHL, F., CAMPBELL-LENDRUM, D. & DAVIES, C. (2008) Modelling geographic variation in the cost-effectiveness of control policies for infectious vector diseases: The example of Chagas Disease. Journal of Health Economics, 27, 405-426.

CASTILLO-RIQUELME, M., MCINTYRE, D. & BARNES, K. I. (2008) Household burden of malaria in South Africa and Mozambique: is there a catastrophic impact? . Tropical Medicine and International Health 13, 108-122.

CHANSA, C., SUNDEWALL, J., MCINTYRE, D., TOMSON, G. & FORSBERG, B. C. (2008) Exploring SWAp’s contribution to the efficient allocation and use of resources in the health sector in Zambia. Health Policy and Planning, 23, 244-251.

CLEARY, S., BOULLE, A., CASTILLO-RIQUELME, M. & MCINTYRE, D. (2008) The burden of HIV/AIDS in the public healthcare system. South African Journal of Economics, 76, S3-S14.

CLEARY, S. M., MCINTYRE, D. & BOULLE, A. M. (2008) Assessing efficiency and costs of scaling up HIV treatment. AIDS 22 (suppl 2), S35-S42.

GILSON, L. & MCINTYRE, D. (2008) The interface between research and policy: experience from South Africa. Social Science and Medicine 67, 748-759.

GOVENDER, V. & PENN-KEKANA, L. (2008) Gender Biases and Discrimination: a review of health care interpersonal interactions. Global Public Health, 3, 90-103.

LOUBIERE, S., MARHOUM EL FILAL, K., SODQI, M., LOUNDOU, A., LUCHINI, S., CLEARY, S., MOATTI, J. P. & HIMMICH, H. (2008) When to initiate highly active antiretroviral therapy in low-resource settings: the Moroccan experience. Antiviral Therapy, 13, 241-251.

MCINTYRE, D., GARSHONG, B., MTEI, G., MEHEUS, F., THIEDE, M., AKAZILI, J., ALLY, M., AIKINS, M., MULLIGAN, J. & GOUDGE, J. (2008) Beyond fragmentation and towards universal coverage: Insights from Ghana, South Africa and Tanzania. Bulletin of the World Health Organisation, 86, 871-876.

MOONEY, G. & MCINTYRE, D. (2008) South Africa: A 21st Century Apartheid in health and health care? Medical Journal of Australia, 189, 637-640.

THIEDE, M. & MCINTYRE, D. (2008) Information, communication and equitable access to health care: A conceptual note. Cadernos de Saúde Pública/Reports in Public Health, 24, 1168-1173.

ZIKUSOOKA, C. M., MCINTYRE, D. & BARNES, K. I. (2008) Should countries implementing an artemisinin-based combination malaria treatment policy also introduce rapid diagnostic tests? Malaria Journal, 7, 176-190.

2007

CHANEL, O., CLEARY, S. & LUCHINI, S. (2007) Individual responsiveness to information in CV surveys: commitment matters. Revue d’Economie Politique, 117, 761-779.

GILSON, L. & MCINTYRE, D. (2007) Post-apartheid challenges: household access and use of health care. International Journal of Health Services, 37, 673-709.

GOVENDER, V., GHAFFAR, A. & NISHTAR, S. (2007) Measuring the Economic and Social Consequences of CVDs and Diabetes in India and Pakistan. BioScience Trends, 1, 121-127.

MCINTYRE, D., WHITEHEAD, M., GILSON, L., DAHLGREN, G. & TANG, S. (2007) Equity impacts of neoliberal reforms: what should the policy responses be? International Journal of Health Services, 37, 693-709.

MOONEY, G., COAST, J., JAN, S., MCINTYRE, D., RYAN, M. & WISEMAN, V. (2007) Letter: Not so NICE Journal of Health Services Research and Policy, 12, 190.

PEPPER, D. J., LEVITT, N. S., CLEARY, S. & BURCH, V. C. (2007) Hyperglycaemic emergency admissions to a secondary level hospital in South Africa – an unnecessary financial burden. South African Medical Journal, 97, 963-967.

THIEDE, M. & MCINTYRE, D. (2007) Information, communication and equitable access to health care: A conceptual note. Cadernos de Saúde Pública/Reports in Public Health, 22.

WHITEHEAD, M., MCINTYRE, D. & DAHLGREN, G. (2007) Putting equity center-stage: challenging evidence-free reforms. International Journal of Health Services, 37, 353-361.

2006

BADRI, M., CLEARY, S., MAARTENS, G., PITT, J., BEKKER, L. G., ORRELL, C. & WOOD, R. (2006) When to initiate HAART in Sub-Saharan Africa? A South African cost-effectiveness study. Antiviral Therapy, 11.

CHANEL, O., CLEARY, S. & LUCHINI, S. (2006) Does Public Opinion Influence Willingness-To-Pay? Lessons from the field. Applied Economics Letters, 13, 821-824.

CHUMA, J., THIEDE, M. & MOLYNEUX, C. (2006) Rethinking the economic costs of malaria at the household level: Evidence from applying a new analytical framework in rural Kenya. Malaria Journal, 5.

CLEARY, S., MCINTYRE, D. & BOULLE, A. (2006) The cost-effectiveness of Antiretroviral Treatment in Khayelitsha, South Africa – a primary data analysis. Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation, 4.

HAUSLER, H., SINANOVIC, E., KUMARANAYAKE, L., NAIDOO, P., SCHOEMAN, H., KARPAKIS, B. & GODFREY-FAUSSETT, P. (2006) Costs of measures to control TB/HIV in public primary care facilities in Cape Town, South Africa. Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 84, 528-536.

MCINTYRE, D., GILSON, L., WADEE, H., THIEDE, M. & OKORAFOR, O. (2006) Commercialisation and extreme inequality in health: the policy challenges in South Africa. Journal of International Development, 18, 435-446.

MCINTYRE, D., THIEDE, M., DAHLGREN, G. & WHITEHEAD, M. (2006) What are the economic consequences for households of illness and of paying for health care in developing country contexts? . Social Science and Medicine, 62, 858-865.

RUSSELL, S. & GILSON, L. (2006) Are health services protecting the livelihoods of the urban poor in Sri Lanka? Findings from two low-income areas of Colombo. Social Science and Medicine, 63, 1732-1744.

SINANOVIC, E. & KUMARANAYAKE, L. (2006) Financing and cost-effectiveness analysis of public-private partnerships: provision of tuberculosis treatment in South Africa. Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation, 4.

SINANOVIC, E. & KUMARANAYAKE, L. (2006) Quality of tuberculosis care provided in different models of public-private partnerships in South Africa. International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, 10, 795-801.

SINANOVIC, E. & KUMARANAYAKE, L. (2006) Sharing the burden of TB/HIV? Costs and financing of public private partnerships for tuberculosis treatment in South Africa. Tropical Medicine and International Health, 11, 1466-1474.

THOMAS, S., OKORAFOR, O. & MBATSHA, S. (2006) Health Reform, Equity and Primary Healthcare: Taking Off the Make-Up. Applied Health Economics and Health Policy, 5, 1-4.

2005

GILSON, L. & MCINTYRE, D. (2005) Removing user fees for primary care in Africa: the need for careful action. British Medical Journal, 331, 762-765.

ÖSTLIN, P., BRAVEMAN, P., DACHS, N., DAHLGREN, G., DIDERICHSEN, F., HARRIS, E., HOWDEN-CHAPMAN, P., LABONTE, R., LOEWENSON, R., MCINTYRE, D., PANNARUNOTHAI, S., SEN, G. & WHITEHEAD, M. (2005) Priorities for research to take forward the health equity policy agenda. Bulletin of the World Health Organisation, 83, 948-953.

SINANOVIC, E., MBATSHA, S., STEPHEN, C., WRIGHT, J. & REHNBERG, C. (2005) Water and sanitation policies for improving health in South Africa: overcoming the institutional legacy of apartheid. Water Policy, 7, 627-642.

THIEDE, M. (2005) Information and access to health care: Is there a role for trust? Social Science and Medicine, 61, 1452-1462.

THOMAS, S., OKORAFOR, O. & MBATSHA, S. (2005) Barriers to the equitable funding of primary health care in South Africa. Applied Health Economics and Health Policy, 4, 183-190.

THOMAS, S. & THIEDE, M. (2005) Globalisation, health policy and the exercise of power – a second opinion on Gilbert and Gilbert. Health Policy, 72.

2004

BATT, K., FOX-RUSHBY, J. & CASTILLO-RIQUELME, M. (2004) Costs, effects and cost-effectiveness of strategies to increase coverage of routine immunisations in low and middle-income countries: A systematic review of grey literature. Bulletin of the World Health Organisation, 82, 639-718.

CASTILLO-RIQUELME, M., LORD, J., MOSELEY, M., FIELDER, A. & HAINES, L. (2004) Cost-effectiveness of digital photographic screening for retinopathy of prematurity in the United Kingdom. International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care, 20, 201-213.

DALVIE, M. A., SINANOVIC, E., LONDON, L., CAIRNCROSS, E., SOLOMON, A. & ADAM, H. (2004) Cost analysis of ELISA, solid phase extraction and solid phase micro-extraction for monitoring pesticides in water. Environmental Research, 98, 143-150.

GHAFFAR, A., HYDER, A. A., GOVENDER, V. & BISHAI, D. (2004) Road crashes: A modern plague on South Asia’s poor. Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan, 12, 739-741.

MCINTYRE, D., THOMAS, S. & CLEARY, S. (2004) Globalization and health policy in South Africa. Perspectives on Global Development and Technology, 3, 131-152.

MILLS, A., PALMER, N., GILSON, L., MCINTYRE, D., SCHNEIDER, H., SINANOVIC, E. & WADEE, H. (2004) The performance of different models of primary care provision in Southern Africa. Social Science and Medicine, 59, 931-943.

MUHEKI, C., MCINTYRE, D. & BARNES, K. I. (2004) Artemisinin-based combination therapy reduces expenditure on malaria treatment in KwaZulu Natal, South Africa. Tropical Medicine and International Health, 9, 959-966.

2003

GILSON, L., DOHERTY, J., LAKE, S., MCINTYRE, D., MWIKISA, C. & THOMAS, S. (2003) Equity and Health Care Financing: Lessons from Policy Change in South Africa and Zambia. Health Policy and Planning, 18, 31-46.

GILSON, L., DOHERTY, J., LAKE, S., MCINTYRE, D., MWIKISA, C. & THOMAS, S. (2003) The SAZA study: implementing financing reform in South Africa and Zambia. Health Policy and Planning, 18, 31-46.

MCINTYRE, D., DOHERTY, J. & GILSON, L. (2003) A tale of two visions: The changing fortunes of Social Health Insurance in South Africa. Health Policy and Planning, 18, 47-58.

MCINTYRE, D. & KLUGMAN, B. (2003) The human face of decentralisation and integration of health services: Experience from South Africa. Reproductive Health Matters, 11, 108-119.

SINANOVIC, E., FLOYD, K., DUDLEY, L., AZEVEDO, V., GRANT, R. & MAHER, D. (2003) Cost and cost-effectiveness of community based care for tuberculosis patients in Cape Town, South Africa. International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, 7, S56-S62.

ZERE, E. & MCINTYRE, D. (2003) Equity in self-reported adult illness and health service utilization in South Africa: Inter-temporal comparison. Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition, 21.

ZERE, E. & MCINTYRE, D. (2003) Equity in under-five child malnutrition in South Africa. International Journal for Equity in Health, 2.

2002

CLEARY, S. & ROSS, D. (2002) The 1998-2001 Legal Struggle between the South African Government and the International Pharmaceutical Industry: a Game-Theoretic Analysis. Journal of Social, Political and Economic Studies, 27, 445-494.

MCINTYRE, D. & GILSON, L. (2002) Putting equity in health back onto the social policy agenda: Experience from South Africa. Social Science and Medicine, 54, 1637-1656.

MCINTYRE, D., MUIRHEAD, D. & GILSON, L. (2002) Geographic patterns of deprivation in South Africa: Informing health equity analyses and public resource allocation strategies. Health Policy and Planning, 17 (suppl 1), 30-39.

2001

ZERE, E., MCINTYRE, D. & ADDISON, T. (2001) Technical efficiency and productivity of public sector hospitals in three South African provinces. South African Journal of Economics, 69, 336-358.

2000

MAKINEN, M., WATERS, H., RAUCH, M., ALMAGAMBETOVA, N., BITRAN, R., GILSON, L., MCINTYRE, D., PANNARUNOTHAI, S., PRIETO, A. L., UBILLA, G. & RAM, S. (2000) Inequalities in health care use and expenditures: empirical data from eight developing countries and countries in transition. Bulletin of the World Health Organisation, 78, 55-65.

MCINTYRE, D. & GILSON, L. (2000) Redressing dis-advantage: Promoting vertical equity within South Africa. Health Care Analysis, 8, 235-258.

1999

BLECHER, M., JACOBS, T. & MCINTYRE, D. (1999) General practitioners’ and National Health Insurance: results of a national survey. South African Medical Journal, 89, 534-540.

DOHERTY, J., MCINTYRE, D., BLOOM, G. & BRIJLAL, P. (1999) Health expenditure and finance: Who gets what? Bulletin of the WHO, 77, 156-159.

1998

BLOOM, G. & MCINTYRE, D. (1998) Towards equity in health in an unequal society. Social Science and Medicine, 47, 1529-1538.

1996

DOHERTY, J., MCINTYRE, D. & BLOOM, G. (1996) Value for money in South African health care: findings of a review of health expenditure and finance. Central African Journal of Medicine, 42, 21-24.

1995

BLECHER, M., BACHMANN, O. M. & MCINTYRE, D. (1995) Acceptability to general practitioners of National Health Insurance and capitation as a reimbursement mechanism. South African Medical Journal, 85, 847-851.

BLECHER, M. & MCINTYRE, D. (1995) Expenditure on health research in South Africa, 1991/1992. South African Medical Journal, 85, 365-370.

MCINTYRE, D., VALENTINE, N. & CORNELL, J. (1995) Private sector health care expenditure in South Africa. South African Medical Journal, 85, 133-135.

1992

YACH, D., MCINTYRE, D. & SALOOJEE, Y. (1992) Smoking in South Africa: the health and economic impact. Tobacco Control, 1.

1991

MCINTYRE, D. (1991) Recent developments in the financing of South African health services. South African Medical Journal, 80, 473-475.

MCINTYRE, D. E., BOURNE, D. E., KLOPPER, J. M. L., TAYLOR, S. P. & PICK, W. M. (1991) A methodology for resource allocation in health care for South Africa. Part IV – Application of South African Health Resource Allocation Formula (SAHRA). South African Medical Journal, 80, 139-145.

1990

BOURNE, D. E., PICK, W. M., TAYLOR, S. P., MCINTYRE, D. E. & KLOPPER, J. M. L. (1990) A methodology for resource allocation in health care for South Africa. Part III – A South African Health Resource Allocation Formula (SAHRA). South African Medical Journal, 77, 456-459.

KLOPPER, J. M. L., MCINTYRE, D. E. & TAYLOR, S. P. (1990) Editorial – The need for health economics. South African Medical Journal, 77, 223.

MCINTYRE, D. & DORRINGTON, R. E. (1990) Trends in the distribution of South African health care expenditure. South African Medical Journal, 78, 125-129.

MCINTYRE, D., TAYLOR, S. P., PICK, W. M., BOURNE, D. E. & KLOPPER, J. M. L. (1990) A methodology for resource allocation in health care for South Africa. Part II – The British Experience and its relevance to South Africa. South African Medical Journal, 77, 453-455.

1989

KLOPPER, J. M. L., BOURNE, D. B., MCINTYRE, D. E., TAYLOR, S. P. & PICK, W. M. (1989) A methodology for resource allocation in health care for South Africa. Part I – Rationale and prerequisites. South African Medical Journal, 76, 209-211.

MCINTYRE, D. & TAYLOR, S. P. (1989) Economic Aspects of Smoking in South Africa. South African Medical Journal, 75, 432-435.

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