Global Lessons In Frugal Innovation To Improve Health Care Delivery In The United States.

In a 2015 global study of low-cost or frugal innovations, we identified five leading innovations that scaled successfully in their original contexts and that may provide insights for scaling such innovations in the United States. We describe common themes among these diverse innovations, critical factors for their translation to the United States to improve the efficiency and quality of health care, and lessons for the implementation and scaling of other innovations. We highlight promising trends in the United States that support adapting these innovations, including growing interest in moving care out of health care facilities and into community and home settings; the growth of alternative payment models and incentives to experiment with new approaches to population health and care delivery; and the increasing use of diverse health professionals, such as community health workers and advanced practice providers.

[Investing in health: the economic case. Report of the WISH Investing in Health Forum 2016].

Developing country governments and aid agencies face difficult decisions on how best to allocate their finite resources. Investments in many different sectors -including education, water and sanitation, transportation, and health- can all reap social and economic benefits. This report focuses specifically on the health sector.

Perceived ethical acceptability of financial incentives to improve diabetic eye screening attendance.

Objective: To test the ethical acceptability of using financial incentives to increase diabetic retinopathy screening attendance.

Background: Financial incentives could be an effective way to increase attendance at screening for diabetic retinopathy, although there can be ethical concerns about this approach.

Design: Survey of people with diabetes in North West London.