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| Cambodia health manager study | OPI is working with the Cambodia Development Resource Institute to investigate the relationship between health manager characerstics and their working pratices and the performance of their organisations. Data have been obtained from 60 hospital directors and 60 directors of district health organisations. Status: in progress |
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| Accounting for good health | In 2009 OPI was awarded a contract by the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants to explore why some countries do better than others in producing good health outcomes for the same level of income. A literature review has been completed. The main hypothesis emerging is that while income is a dominant determinant of health outcomes, the effectiveness of health expenditure is also important. Data from 193 countries is now being analysed to see if there are common factors that explain health outcome performance. Status: in progress |
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| Regulation, motivations and the NHS reforms | In 2008 OPI was awarded a contract by the General Medical Council under the ESRC Public Services Programme to study the interactions between formal and informal institutions on clinicians’ motivation and, in particular, whether the introduction of more formal regulations have undermined or reinforced the informal institutions of trust, ethic, professional reputation and altruism. Status: completed |
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| How public (health) sector innovations travel | Serious improvements in health service productivity and quality are required if rising health costs are to be contained, soaring middle class demand in rapidly growing economies is to be satisfied and the health needs of the poor are to be met. OPI is working with the India Development Foundation in Delhi to analyse some 450 innovative health projects to determine the patterns of innovation and their diffusion. Status: in progress |
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| What determines the quality of education? | Manisha Singh of the India Development Foundation is relating teacher, pupil and school characteristics to measures of educational attainment using a large scale data set from Uttar Pradesh. Status: in progress |
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| Local government innovations in China | Mega-cities pose new challenges for the financing, organisation and delivery of municipal public services. Using the health sector as an example, OPI is working with the China Executive Leadership Academy, Pudong (CELAP) to investigate the conditions necessary for municipal governments to innovate. Status: ready for funding |
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| Strategic pathways to universal healthcare in the Caribbean | In attempts to deal with eye-catching health problems, international aid donors and philanthropists have not given sufficient attention to investments in long-term, strategic health system development. Caribbean health sevrice managers and social scientists will brainstorm strategic scenarios to 2040. The scenarios will be subjected to financial and economic analysis. Status: ready for funding |
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| Incentives, institutions and healthcare regulation in Europe | There are increasing concerns in Europe about rising healthcare costs associated with aging and new technologies. In general, the policy response has been greater reliance on formal (organisational, managerial and financial) incentives with a reduced reliance on informal, intrinsic and ‘professional’ incentives to regulate healthcare. A European network will model the ways organisations and individuals respond to such incentives. Status: ready for funding |
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| Forum on corporate investments in public sector performance | Many large corporations operate in countries that lack the capabilities to deliver high-quality public services. The large pool of expertise and resources held by multinational corporations combined with the demands faced by many governments in developing countries creates a significant opportunity for a growth in the transfer of knowledge and improvement in key public sector capabilities. OPI is facilitating the development of a practitioner research community (PRC) on corporate investments in public sector performance composed of senior corporate managers and academic researchers. Status: ready for funding |
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