Employing a unique dataset that covers households from six West African capitals, this paper provides new evidence on the demand for informal sector products and services. We first investigate whether demand linkages exist between formal and informal products and distribution channels, and whether there is an overlapping customer base, which would imply that both formal sector wage earners and ...

objective: to understand the knowledge and services of informal providers and to explore their role in addressing the human resource gap in uttar pradesh, india, within the context of maternal health. materials and methods: the study is exploratory in nature, conducted in four blocks of four districts of uttar pradesh state, india. semi-structured interviews were conducted with 114 informal pro...

Informal empire is less a settled concept than vexing category. Scholars disagree on the complicity of individuals, extent government oversight, and even whether informal in fact imperial. I argue that best approached through lens paradox. It system with no centralized authority yet which gave Britain powerful role formation Latin America. relied continuing independence American nations comprom...

Approaches to improving quality of longterm care services People depending on long-term care belong to the most vulnerable group in society. Some will need help, assistance and support for the rest of their lives. Yet, little is known and much has been conjectured about the extent to which long-term care (services) actually meet the needs of dependent people and support a self-determined life. ...

Objectives Aging is pushing states to rethink long-term care policies in several dimensions. This study aims to characterize the reality of dependent older people regarding their demographic and health characteristics, to describe their informal carers and understand the availability of informal care. Methods A cross-sectional study was developed in Portugal in 2013. Descriptive statistical a...

BACKGROUND Knowledge of the configuration and costs of community rehabilitation and support for people with long-term neurological conditions (LTNCs) is needed to inform future service development and resource allocation. In a multicentre prospective cohort study evaluating community service delivery during the year post-discharge from in-patient neuro-rehabilitation, a key objective was to det...

OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to investigate how the societal perspective is conceptualized in economic evaluations and to assess how intersectoral costs and benefits (ICBs), that is, the costs and benefits pertaining to sectors outside the healthcare sector, impact their results. METHODS Based on a search in July 2015 using PubMed, Embase, CINAHL, and PsychINFO, a systematic literatur...