Rainer Sauerborn

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Zeitraum

1976 - 2008

Anzahl

51

Co-Autoren

Step-wedge cluster-randomised community-based trials: An application to the study of the impact of community health insurance (2008)

De Allegri, Manuela, Pokhrel, Subhash, Becher, Heiko, Dong, Hengjin, Mansmann, Ulrich, Kouyaté, Bocar, ...

Abstract Background We describe a step-wedge cluster-randomised community-based trial which has been conducted since 2003 to accompany the implementation of a community health insurance (CHI) scheme...

Process and effects of a community intervention on malaria in rural Burkina Faso: randomized controlled trial (2008)

Kouyaté, Bocar, Somé, Florent, Jahn, Albrecht, Coulibaly, Boubacar, Eriksen, Jaran, Sauerborn, Rainer, ...

Abstract Background In the rural areas of sub-Saharan Africa, the majority of young children affected by malaria have no access to formal health services. Home treatment through mothers of febrile...

Un método estadístico simple para obtener confiabilidad en las mediciones antropométricas (2007)

Rainer Sauerborn, David C. Morley

Un método estadístico simple para obtener confiabilidad en las mediciones antropométricas

Willingness to pay for social health insurance among informal sector workers in Wuhan, China: a contingent valuation study (2007)

Bärnighausen, Till, Liu, Yuanli, Zhang, Xinping, Sauerborn, Rainer

Abstract Background Most of the about 140 million informal sector workers in urban China do not have health insurance. A 1998 central government policy leaves it to the discretion of municipal...

Effect of meteorological factors on clinical malaria risk among children: an assessment using village-based meteorological stations and community-based parasitological survey (2007)

Yé, Yazoumé, Louis, Valérie R, Simboro, Séraphin, Sauerborn, Rainer

Abstract Background Temperature, rainfall and humidity have been widely associated with the dynamics of malaria vector population and, therefore, with spread of the disease. However, at the local...

Micro-epidemiology of Plasmodium falciparummalaria: Is there any difference in transmission risk between neighbouring villages? (2007)

Yé, Yazoumé, Kyobutungi, Catherine, Louis, Valérie R, Sauerborn, Rainer

Abstract Background Malaria control strategies are designed as a solution for either the whole region or the whole country and are assumed to suit every setting. There is a need to shift from this...

Housing conditions and Plasmodium falciparuminfection: protective effect of iron-sheet roofed houses (2006)

Yé, Yazoumé, Hoshen, Moshe, Louis, Valérie, Séraphin, Simboro, Traoré, Issouf, Sauerborn, Rainer

Abstract Background Identification and better understanding of potential risk factors for malaria are important for targeted and cost-effective health interventions. Housing conditions have been...

Household decision-making on child health care in developing countries: the case of Nepal (2004)

Pokhrel, Subhash, Sauerborn, Rainer

Quantitative studies on health care utilization often overlook the importance of capturing the ‘pathway’ of household decision-making processes. This paper offers a four-step construct which maps...

Differential willingness of household heads to pay community-based health insurance premia for themselves and other household members (2004)

Dong, Hengjin, Kouyate, Bocar, Cairns, John, Sauerborn, Rainer

Objective: This study compares household heads’ willingness-to-pay (WTP) for community-based health insurance (CBI) for themselves with their WTP for other household members, in order to provide...

The effects of mandatory health insurance on equity in access to outpatient care in Indonesia (2004)

Hidayat, Budi, Thabrany, Hasbullah, Dong, Hengjin, Sauerborn, Rainer

This paper examines the effects of mandatory health insurance on access and equity in access to public and private outpatient care in Indonesia. Data from the second round of the 1997 Indonesian...

Clustering of childhood mortality in rural Burkina Faso (2001)

Sankoh, Osman A, Yé, Yazoumé, Sauerborn, Rainer, Müller, Olaf, Becher, Heiko

Background Childhood mortality is a major public health problem in sub-Saharan Africa. For the implementation of efficient public health systems, knowledge of the spatial distribution of mortality is...

Measuring the local burden of disease. A study of years of life lost in sub-Saharan Africa (2001)

Würthwein, Ralph, Gbangou, Adjima, Sauerborn, Rainer, Schmidt, Christoph M

Background An effective health policy necessitates a reliable characterization of the burden of disease (BOD) by cause. The Global Burden of Disease Study (GBDS) aims to deliver this information. For...

Quality of Primary Health Care in Developing Countries: Recent Experiences and Future Directions (1996)

REERINK, IETJE H., SAUERBORN, RAINER

Assessing and improving the quality of health care was, until recently, a low priority, both for policy makers in developing countries, and for technical agencies. The authors review the reasons for...

The elasticity of demand for health care in Burkina Faso: differences across age and income groups (1994)

SAUERBORN, RAINER, NOUGTARA, ADRIEN, LATIMER, ERIC

Like many other developing countries, Burkina Faso has been exploring how community resources can be tapped to co-finance health services. Although revenue generation is important for the viability...

Willingness-to-pay for community-based insurance in Burkina Faso

Hengjin Dong, Bocar Kouyate, John Cairns, Frederick Mugisha, Rainer Sauerborn

Purpose: To study the willingness-to-pay (WTP) for a proposed community-based health insurance (CBI) scheme in order to provide information about the relationship between the premium that is required...

Community based health insurance in developing countries

Allegri, Manuela De, Sauerborn, Rainer

Removing financial barriers is only the first step towards better access to care for poor people

The Evaluation of Community-Based Interventions: Group Randomization, Limits and Alternatives

Schmidt, Christoph M., Baltussen, Rob, Sauerborn, Rainer

The context of community-based interventions presents formidable problems for any evaluation analysis. Group-randomized studies do possess ideal properties in theory, but in practice, group-...

Comparison of Individual and Group Valuation of Health State Scenarios across Communities in West Africa

Anayo Fidelis Akunne, Mamadou Sanon, Rainer Sauerborn

Background: The correct valuation of health state scenarios is important for economic analyses, disease burden assessment and setting clinical guidelines. However, it is unclear whether we should use...

The two faces of enhancing utilization of health-care services: determinants of patient initiation and retention in rural Burkina Faso.

Mugisha, Frederick, Bocar, Kouyate, Dong, Hengjin, Chepng'eno, Gloria, Sauerborn, Rainer

OBJECTIVE: To explore the factors that determine whether a patient will initiate treatment within a system of health-care services, and the factors that determine whether the patient will be retained...

Modelling the effectiveness of financing policies to address underutilization of children's health services in Nepal.

Pokhrel, Subhash, Hidayat, Budi, Flessa, Steffen, Sauerborn, Rainer

OBJECTIVE: To estimate the price responsiveness of utilization of formal children's health-care services in Nepal and to use this information to model the impact on utilization of subsidies or...

Understanding enrolment in community health insurance in sub-Saharan Africa: a population-based case-control study in rural Burkina Faso.

De Allegri, Manuela, Kouyaté, Bocar, Becher, Heiko, Gbangou, Adjima, Pokhrel, Subhash, Sanon, Mamadou, ...

OBJECTIVE: To identify factors associated with decision to enrol in a community health insurance (CHI) scheme. METHODS: We conducted a population-based case-control study among 15 communities offered...

The effect of community-based health insurance on the utilization of modern health care services: Evidence from Burkina Faso

Gnawali, Devendra Prasad, Pokhrel, Subhash, Sié, Ali, Sanon, Mamadou, De Allegri, Manuela, Souares, Aurélia, ...

Objective To quantify the impact of community-based health insurance (CBI) on utilization of health care services in rural Burkina Faso.Methods Propensity score matching was used to minimise the...

Drop-out analysis of community-based health insurance membership at Nouna, Burkina Faso

Dong, Hengjin, De Allegri, Manuela, Gnawali, Devendra, Souares, Aurélia, Sauerborn, Rainer

Objectives This study aims to identify the reasons why enrolled people decide not to renew their membership in following years.Methods Household survey is used to collect information on the factors...