Publications
Healthcare teams as complex adaptive systems : understanding team behaviour through team members’ perception of interpersonal interaction Ghent University KU Leuven
Objectives, methods, and results in critical health systems and policy research: evaluating the healthcare market Institute of Tropical Medicine
BackgroundSince the 1980s, markets have turned increasingly to intangible goods - healthcare, education, the arts, and justice. Over 40years, the authors investigated healthcare commoditisation to produce policy knowledge relevant to patients, physicians, health professionals, and taxpayers. This paper revisits their objectives, methods, and results to enlighten healthcare policy design and research.Main textThis paper meta-analyses the ...
Barriers in access to healthcare in countries with different health systems. A cross-sectional study in municipalities of central Colombia and north-eastern Brazil Institute of Tropical Medicine
There are few comprehensive studies available on barriers encountered from the initial seeking of healthcare through to the resolution of the health problem; in other words, on access in its broad domain. For Colombia and Brazil, countries with different healthcare systems but common stated principles, there have been no such analyses to date. This paper compares factors that influence access in its broad domain in two municipalities of each ...