Cet article décrit un programme mis en place en Côte d'Ivoire pour évaluer etrenforcer les compétences des prestataires de soins de santé primaires à l'aide devignettes cliniques. L'initiative a permis de former les superviseurs de district dans 113districts sanitaires sur la manière de...

A number of studies suggest there is an over-supply of specialists and an under-supply of GPs in many developed countries. Previous econometric studies of specialty choice from the US suggest that a number of factors play a role, including expected future earnings, educational debt, and having...

Variations in health care use within a country are complicated. In some cases they may reflect differences in health needs, in patient preferences or in the diffusion of a therapeutic innovation; in others they may not. There is evidence that some of the observed variations are unwarranted,...

This paper presents direct evidence on the quality of health care in low-income settings using a unique and original set of audit studies, where standardized patients were presented to a nearly representative sample of rural public and private primary care providers in the Indian state of Madhya...

Die Bevölkerung in Deutschland und der Schweiz wird gleichzeitig relativ gesehen älter und absolut gesehen kleiner. Tendenziell wächst damit der Versorgungsbedarf speziell chronisch und multimorbider Patienten, das Personal diese zu versorgen wird hingegen weniger. Dadurch entstehen Engpässe...