Effect of Covid-19 on maternal and child health services utilization in Ghana. Evidence from the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS).

Introduction: Covid-19 has had devastating effect on health systems and health utilization globally. Maternal and newborn care were adversely affected but little or nothing is known about the impact it has caused to it. This study seeks to determine the effect of Covid-19 on healthcare utilization with specifics on Antenatal, Postnatal, Deliveries and Out-patient attendance.

Framing of sensitive topics in surveys measuring corruption in healthcare.

Corruption is a costly, consequential and complex phenomenon facing healthcare systems globally. Measuring the prevalence of petty corruption, such as bribery and informal payments, is challenging due to the hidden and sensitive nature of these exchanges. This paper explores how question framing influences estimates of informal payment prevalence in doctor-patient relationships in two steps.

Preferences for speed of access versus certainty of the survival benefit of new cancer drugs: a discrete choice experiment.

Background: The extent to which patients with cancer are willing to accept uncertainty about the clinical benefit of new cancer drugs in exchange for faster access is not known. This study aims to examine preferences for access versus certainty, and to understand factors that influence these preferences.

Methods: A US nationally representative sample of older adults were recruited via Cint, an online platform for survey research, to take part in an online discrete choice experiment.

[Preventing dental anxiety in adults and children].

PREVENTING DENTAL ANXIETY IN ADULTS AND CHILDREN. In 2014, according to INSEE, dental anxiety affected 7% of the French population. Severity of anxiety can range from minor to severe, minor anxiety manifesting for patients as physical symptoms without compromising dental care to severe anxiety by avoiding dental consultation and compromising dental care.