New from OPI

Regulation, motivation and the NHS reforms Follow the progress of this study funded by the General Medical Council at UCLH here. Recent results updated here. Other ESRC Public Services Programme projects here.

Accounting for good health

This project, funded by the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants sets out to find out why some countries produce better health outcomes at the same level of income. Do higher performing countries spend more on healthcare or spend it better? Are their doctors and nurses motivated better to work effectively or are some countries simply healthier places to live? More here.

Health sector institutions, motivation and performance: call for papers

Most read OPI papers

The Cambodia Development Resources Institute (CDRI) is convening a three-day conference in March 2010 with support from the Department for International Development, UK (DFID) to explore four themes related to the institutions and incentives that moderate the behaviour of health workers and health service consumers:

1. Alternative organisational arrangements for delivering health services including commissioning and purchasing
2. The incentives associated with alternative health worker employment contracts
3. Healthworker management regimes
4. The incentives health service consumers have for using healthcare effectively

Papers will be presented by Cambodian researchers, international speakers and the authors of commissioned papers

CDRI is commissioning five papers for presentation at the conference and to be offered to academic journals and/or published as chapters in a book. More information about the commissions here.

The most read papers on OPI’s website between April and June 2009 were:

Public service motivation and performance incentives Jerrett Myers

Anti retroviral pricing: markets or politics Sonam Sethi

Social capital and health financing Matt Jowett

A political economy of education in India Geeta Kingdon & Mohammed Muzzamil

Structuring incentives in public organisations Fiona Murray

Teacher contracts and performance Ros Levacic

OPI welcomes papers that focus on the incentives and institutions that motivate public sector performance. Articles might highlight a current or emerging issue, develop a topic for further research, describe a piece of theory or offer some empirical evidence.  The guidance notes are available here.

If you would like to contribute, please contact the OPI editor.