Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Health Systems
Recent Dissertation Titles
Health systems management and health sector reform
- Performance-Based Payments, Provider Motivation and Quality of Care in Afghanistan
- Health Systems Strengthening in Post-Conflict Settings: Employee and Patient Satisfaction in Hospitals in Afghanistan
- The Use of Clinical Practice Guidelines to Improve Provider Performance of Well-Child Care in Armenia
- Quality Improvement and Its Effect on Patient Perceptions and Demand for Health Services-Evidence from Uttar Pradesh, India
- The Perception of Quality Among Users of Commune Health Centers and Users of Private Providers in Northern Vietnam
Health financing
- National Health Insurance in Ghana: Politics, Adverse Selection, and the Use of Child Health Services.
- Evaluating the Effectiveness of User Fee Increase in Improving The Quality of Care: Government Primary Health Care Services in Indonesia
- The Impact of Community-Based Health Insurance on Health Care Utilization and Financial Sustainability: The Example of Rwanda
- Impact of Health Insurance on Health Care Utilization in Vietnam
- Stimulating Demand: An Assessment of the Conditional Cash Transfer Project in Afghanistan
Health policy and resource allocation
- Exploring Attitudes and Perceptions of Policymakers and Health Researchers Towards Evidence-Based Health Policymaking in Argentina: A Mixed Methods Approach
- Dual Practice in Kampala, Uganda: A Mixed Methods Study of Management and Policy
- Understanding Political Priority Development for Public Health Issues in Turkey: Lessons from Tobacco Control & Road Safety
- Academic Knowledge Brokers in Kenya: A Mixed Methods Study of Relationships, Characteristics and Strategies
- Decision-Making for Allocation of Public Resources in Decentralized District Health Systems in Uganda
Maternal, neonatal and child health
- Antenatal and Delivery Care in Afghanistan Knowledge and Perceptions of Services, Decision Making for Service Use, and Determinants of Utilization
- Early Maternal Morbidity and Utilization of Delivery Services by Urban Slum Women of Dhaka, Bangladesh
- An Assessment of Maternal Health Service Needs of Immigrant Women Living in East Calgary, Canada
- Health Seeking Behavior of Women and Their Families During Pregnancy, Delivery and Postpartum Period in Nepal
Evaluation of health programs
- Comparison of Biomarker Surveillance of Measles Immunity to Conventional Indicators of Vaccination Coverage
- Qualitative Research to Develop a Framework for Evaluating the Sustainability of Community-Based Child Health Programs Implemented by Non-Government Organizations
- Evaluating the Delivery Huts Program for Promoting Maternal Health in Haryana, India
- Evaluating the Scale-Up of Community Case Management in Malawi: Health System Supports, Health Worker Attitudes, and Equity of Service Provision
Refugee and humanitarian assistance
- Family Relationships and Social Interaction in Post-Conflict South Kivu Province, Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo A Mixed Methods Study with Women from Rural Walungu Territory
- Utilization of Health Services for Children after the Tsunami in Aceh, Indonesia
- Factors Affecting School Enrollments in a Post-Repatriation Context: A Study of Household Roles, Attitudes and Forced Migration Processes in Urban Somaliland
- A Balanced Scorecard for Assessing the Quality and Provision of Health Services in UNHCR Refugee Camps
Injury prevention and control
- Road Traffic Injuries In China: Time Trends, Risk Factors and Economic Development
- Evaluating an Intervention to Prevent Motorcycle Injuries in Malaysia: Process Performance, and Policy
- Injuries and Socioeconomic Status in Iganga and Mayuge, Uganda: Inequities, Consequences and Impacts
- A neglected epidemic of childhood drowning in Bangladesh: Epidemiology, risk factors and potential interventions
Equity and fairness in distribution of health services
- Gender and Access to DOTS Program (Directly Observed Treatment, Short-Course) in a Poor, Rural and Minority Area of Gansu Province, China
- Empowering the Socially Excluded: A Study of Impact on Equity by Gender, Caste and Wealth in Access to Health Care in Rural Parts of Four North Indian States
- Gender, Empowerment, and Women's Health in India: Perceived Morbidity and Treatment-Seeking Behaviors for Symptoms of Reproductive Tract Infections among Women of Rural Gujarat
- Trust in Maternity Care: A Contextual Exploration of Meaning and Determinants in Peri-Urban Kenya
- The Effect of Contracting for Health Services on the Equity of Utilization and Out-of-Pocket Health Expenditure in Rural Afghanistan
Health economics
- The Equity and Cost-Effectiveness of HIV Voluntary Counseling and Testing in Tanzania
- Hospital Coding Practice, Data Quality, And DRG-Based Reimbursement Under the Thai Universal Coverage Scheme
- Willingness-to-Pay and Cost-Benefit Analysis on Introducing HIB Conjugate Vaccine into the Thai Expanded Program on Immunization
- Economic Evaluation of the Costs and Cost-Effectiveness of the Diarrhea Alleviation through Zinc and Oral Rehydration Therapy Program at Scale in Gujarat, India
- The Economics of Non-Communicable Diseases in Rural Bangladesh: Understanding Education Gradients in Mortality and Household Wealth Impacts from an Adult Death
Health outcomes and burden of disease methods
- Measuring the Burden of Disease: Introducing Healthy Life Years
- Measuring the Burden of Injuries in Pakistan Epidemiological and Policy Analysis
- Strengths and Limitations of Population-Based Health Surveys in Developing Countries: A Case Study of National Health Survey of Pakistan: 1990-94
- Approaches to Measuring Non-Fatal Health Outcomes: Disability at the Iganga-Mayuge Demographic Surveillance System in Uganda
- A National Burden of Disease Study for The United Arab Emirates (UAE): Quantifying Health Differentials Between Nationals and Migrants