Sarah Thomson
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 3927167 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Sarah Thomson |
| NOMBRES | Sarah |
| APELLIDO | Thomson |
| FIRMA | THOMSON S |
| AFILIACIONES | London School of Economics and Political Science |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3555-8042 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 15 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 38 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 15 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 1929 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 3 |
Health financing and population ageing
BACKGROUND: Countries around the world worry about the financial sustainability of their health systems as populations age; however, few have considered the consequences of future gaps in health financing on the risk of financial hardship due to out-of-pocket payments. If countries are unable to raise sufficient revenues to meet health needs, people will pay more out-of-pocket to use health services and risk experiencing catastrophic or impoveris…
The feasibility of respondent-driven sampling with people who use drugs in rural Western Cape, South Africa
The Western Cape is South Africa’s epicentre for tuberculosis (TB) and smoked drug use such as methamphetamine and methaqualone (Mandrax). Despite this, there are limited studies on people who smoke drugs (PWSD) with TB disease in South Africa, partly due to recruitment challenges. Respondent-driven sampling (RDS) is a network-based sampling method used to recruit such key populations. The aim of this qualitative study is to explore the appropria…
Assessing the equity and coverage policy sensitivity of financial protection indicators in Europe
Progress towards universal health coverage is monitored by the incidence of catastrophic spending. Two catastrophic spending indicators are commonly used in Europe: Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) indicator 3.8.2 and the WHO Regional Office for Europe (WHO/Europe) indicator. The use of different indicators can cause confusion, especially if they produce contradictory results and policy implications. We use harmonised household budget survey da…
Affective propositions, the plant turn, and critiques of development
Addiction to a bad idea, especially in low- and middle-income countries
How resilient is health financing policy in Europe to economic shocks? Evidence from the first year of the Covid-19 pandemic and the 2008 global financial crisis
The COVID-19 pandemic triggered an economic shock just ten years after the shock of the 2008 global financial crisis. Economic shocks are a challenge for health systems because they reduce government revenue at the same time as they increase the need for publicly financed health care. This article explores the resilience of health financing policy to economic shocks by reviewing policy responses to the financial crisis and COVID-19 in Europe. It …
Financial crisis, austerity, and health in Europe
Rachel Sarah O'Toole. Bound Lives
Journal Article Rachel Sarah O'Toole. Bound Lives: Africans, Indians, and the Making of Race in Colonial Peru. Get access Rachel Sarah O'Toole. Bound Lives: Africans, Indians, and the Making of Race in Colonial Peru. (Pitt Latin American Series.) Pittsburgh, Pa.: University of Pittsburgh Press. 2012. Pp. xii, 257. $25.95. Sinclair Thomson Sinclair Thomson New York University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar…
Involvement of Ministries of Health in Health Service Coverage Decisions
This article examines the involvement of ministries of health in making health service coverage decisions in Denmark, England, France and Germany. The study aims to inform debate in England about the feasibility of reducing perceived ministerial and bureaucratic ‘interference’ in decisions affecting the National Health Service, based on interviews with senior government officials and other health system stakeholders. Ministries of health differ i…
What impact do prescription drug charges have on efficiency and equity? Evidence from high-income countries
As pharmaceutical expenditure continues to rise, third-party payers in most high-income countries have increasingly shifted the burden of payment for prescription drugs to patients. A large body of literature has examined the relationship between prescription charges and outcomes such as expenditure, use, and health, but few reviews explicitly link cost sharing for prescription drugs to efficiency and equity. This article reviews 173 studies from…
Do’s and don’ts
The school curriculum addresses issues of structured environmental education; however, what informal opportunities are afforded to children at school to interact and expand their knowledge of the world around them? This small case study attempts to elucidate children’s experience of the school playground environment. The findings suggest that adults, with the best of intentions, attempt to create an orderly, safe, equitable, hospitable environmen…
Regulating Private Health Insurance in the European Union
This paper examines the implications of the single market in insurance for regulation of private health insurance in the European Union. It considers areas of uncertainty in interpreting the third non‐life insurance directive, particularly with regard to when and how governments may regulate private health insurance, and questions the Directive’s capacity to promote consumer and social protection in health insurance markets. The Directive reflect…
Choice of public or private health insurance
Several European countries have considered introducing choice of public or private health insurance - usually by allowing people to ‘opt out’ of the statutory scheme - under the assumption that enhancing consumer choice and stimulating competition between insurers will be beneficial. This article examines the impact of opting out on equity and efficiency in European health systems. Focusing on Germany and the Netherlands - the only European count…
Territorialising’ the primary school playground
UK primary school playgrounds differ in architecture, size and presentation. Some are bleak and empty; others are crammed full of colour and exciting play equipment. Overall, however, the assumption is that it is a dedicated play space that promotes children's social and physical freedom. This paper, using Sack's (1986) notion of 'territorialisation', deconstructs the contemporary playground space and examines the spatial strategies invoked by th…
Mathiae de Janov Regulae Veteris et Noui Testamenti . Otakar Odlozilík
Territorialising’ the primary school playground
UK primary school playgrounds differ in architecture, size and presentation. Some are bleak and empty; others are crammed full of colour and exciting play equipment. Overall, however, the assumption is that it is a dedicated play space that promotes children's social and physical freedom. This paper, using Sack's (1986) notion of 'territorialisation', deconstructs the contemporary playground space and examines the spatial strategies invoked by th…
Choice of public or private health insurance
Several European countries have considered introducing choice of public or private health insurance - usually by allowing people to ‘opt out’ of the statutory scheme - under the assumption that enhancing consumer choice and stimulating competition between insurers will be beneficial. This article examines the impact of opting out on equity and efficiency in European health systems. Focusing on Germany and the Netherlands - the only European count…
Do’s and don’ts
The school curriculum addresses issues of structured environmental education; however, what informal opportunities are afforded to children at school to interact and expand their knowledge of the world around them? This small case study attempts to elucidate children’s experience of the school playground environment. The findings suggest that adults, with the best of intentions, attempt to create an orderly, safe, equitable, hospitable environmen…
Addiction to a bad idea, especially in low- and middle-income countries
Involvement of Ministries of Health in Health Service Coverage Decisions
This article examines the involvement of ministries of health in making health service coverage decisions in Denmark, England, France and Germany. The study aims to inform debate in England about the feasibility of reducing perceived ministerial and bureaucratic ‘interference’ in decisions affecting the National Health Service, based on interviews with senior government officials and other health system stakeholders. Ministries of health differ i…
Regulating Private Health Insurance in the European Union
This paper examines the implications of the single market in insurance for regulation of private health insurance in the European Union. It considers areas of uncertainty in interpreting the third non‐life insurance directive, particularly with regard to when and how governments may regulate private health insurance, and questions the Directive’s capacity to promote consumer and social protection in health insurance markets. The Directive reflect…
Mathiae de Janov Regulae Veteris et Noui Testamenti . Otakar Odlozilík
Territorialising’ the primary school playground
UK primary school playgrounds differ in architecture, size and presentation. Some are bleak and empty; others are crammed full of colour and exciting play equipment. Overall, however, the assumption is that it is a dedicated play space that promotes children's social and physical freedom. This paper, using Sack's (1986) notion of 'territorialisation', deconstructs the contemporary playground space and examines the spatial strategies invoked by th…
Choice of public or private health insurance
Several European countries have considered introducing choice of public or private health insurance - usually by allowing people to ‘opt out’ of the statutory scheme - under the assumption that enhancing consumer choice and stimulating competition between insurers will be beneficial. This article examines the impact of opting out on equity and efficiency in European health systems. Focusing on Germany and the Netherlands - the only European count…
Do’s and don’ts
The school curriculum addresses issues of structured environmental education; however, what informal opportunities are afforded to children at school to interact and expand their knowledge of the world around them? This small case study attempts to elucidate children’s experience of the school playground environment. The findings suggest that adults, with the best of intentions, attempt to create an orderly, safe, equitable, hospitable environmen…
Regulating Private Health Insurance in the European Union
This paper examines the implications of the single market in insurance for regulation of private health insurance in the European Union. It considers areas of uncertainty in interpreting the third non‐life insurance directive, particularly with regard to when and how governments may regulate private health insurance, and questions the Directive’s capacity to promote consumer and social protection in health insurance markets. The Directive reflect…
What impact do prescription drug charges have on efficiency and equity? Evidence from high-income countries
As pharmaceutical expenditure continues to rise, third-party payers in most high-income countries have increasingly shifted the burden of payment for prescription drugs to patients. A large body of literature has examined the relationship between prescription charges and outcomes such as expenditure, use, and health, but few reviews explicitly link cost sharing for prescription drugs to efficiency and equity. This article reviews 173 studies from…
Involvement of Ministries of Health in Health Service Coverage Decisions
This article examines the involvement of ministries of health in making health service coverage decisions in Denmark, England, France and Germany. The study aims to inform debate in England about the feasibility of reducing perceived ministerial and bureaucratic ‘interference’ in decisions affecting the National Health Service, based on interviews with senior government officials and other health system stakeholders. Ministries of health differ i…
Financial crisis, austerity, and health in Europe
Rachel Sarah O'Toole. Bound Lives
Journal Article Rachel Sarah O'Toole. Bound Lives: Africans, Indians, and the Making of Race in Colonial Peru. Get access Rachel Sarah O'Toole. Bound Lives: Africans, Indians, and the Making of Race in Colonial Peru. (Pitt Latin American Series.) Pittsburgh, Pa.: University of Pittsburgh Press. 2012. Pp. xii, 257. $25.95. Sinclair Thomson Sinclair Thomson New York University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar…
How resilient is health financing policy in Europe to economic shocks? Evidence from the first year of the Covid-19 pandemic and the 2008 global financial crisis
The COVID-19 pandemic triggered an economic shock just ten years after the shock of the 2008 global financial crisis. Economic shocks are a challenge for health systems because they reduce government revenue at the same time as they increase the need for publicly financed health care. This article explores the resilience of health financing policy to economic shocks by reviewing policy responses to the financial crisis and COVID-19 in Europe. It …
Affective propositions, the plant turn, and critiques of development
Addiction to a bad idea, especially in low- and middle-income countries
Assessing the equity and coverage policy sensitivity of financial protection indicators in Europe
Progress towards universal health coverage is monitored by the incidence of catastrophic spending. Two catastrophic spending indicators are commonly used in Europe: Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) indicator 3.8.2 and the WHO Regional Office for Europe (WHO/Europe) indicator. The use of different indicators can cause confusion, especially if they produce contradictory results and policy implications. We use harmonised household budget survey da…
The feasibility of respondent-driven sampling with people who use drugs in rural Western Cape, South Africa
The Western Cape is South Africa’s epicentre for tuberculosis (TB) and smoked drug use such as methamphetamine and methaqualone (Mandrax). Despite this, there are limited studies on people who smoke drugs (PWSD) with TB disease in South Africa, partly due to recruitment challenges. Respondent-driven sampling (RDS) is a network-based sampling method used to recruit such key populations. The aim of this qualitative study is to explore the appropria…
Health financing and population ageing
BACKGROUND: Countries around the world worry about the financial sustainability of their health systems as populations age; however, few have considered the consequences of future gaps in health financing on the risk of financial hardship due to out-of-pocket payments. If countries are unable to raise sufficient revenues to meet health needs, people will pay more out-of-pocket to use health services and risk experiencing catastrophic or impoveris…
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