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Melvin Obadha

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ID6334144
NAMEMelvin Obadha
GIVEN NAMESMelvin
FAMILY NAMEObadha
SIGNATUREOBADHA M
AFFILIATIONSHealth Economics Research Unit, KEMRI|Wellcome Trust Research Programme, P.O. Box 43640 – 00100, Nairobi, Kenya
ORCID0000-0003-1632-2410
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS2
TOTAL CITATIONS1
AUTHOR COUNT2
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2020
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2021
H-INDEX1
  • Understanding community health worker incentive preferences in Uganda using a discrete choice experiment

    Open Access•Smisha Agarwal, Timothy Abuya et al.•ARTICLE•Journal of Global Health•2021

    BACKGROUND: Community health workers (CHWs) play a critical role in supporting health systems, and in improving the availability and accessibility to health care. However, CHW programs globally continue to face challenges with poor performance and high levels of CHW attrition. CHW programs are often underfunded and poorly planned, which can lead to loss of motivation by CHWs. The study aims to determine preferences of CHWs for job incentives with…

  • Preferences of healthcare providers for capitation payment in Kenya

    Open Access•Melvin Obadha, Jane Chuma et al.•ARTICLE•Health Policy and Planning•2020•Cited by: 1•References: 37

    Provider payment mechanisms (PPMs) are important to the universal health coverage (UHC) agenda as they can influence healthcare provider behaviour and create incentives for health service delivery, quality and efficiency. Therefore, when designing PPMs, it is important to consider providers’ preferences for PPM characteristics. We set out to uncover senior health facility managers’ preferences for the attributes of a capitation payment mechanism …

  • Preferences of healthcare providers for capitation payment in Kenya

    Open Access•Melvin Obadha, Jane Chuma et al.•ARTICLE•Health Policy and Planning•2020•Cited by: 1•References: 37

    Provider payment mechanisms (PPMs) are important to the universal health coverage (UHC) agenda as they can influence healthcare provider behaviour and create incentives for health service delivery, quality and efficiency. Therefore, when designing PPMs, it is important to consider providers’ preferences for PPM characteristics. We set out to uncover senior health facility managers’ preferences for the attributes of a capitation payment mechanism …

  • Preferences of healthcare providers for capitation payment in Kenya

    Open Access•Melvin Obadha, Jane Chuma et al.•ARTICLE•Health Policy and Planning•2020•Cited by: 1•References: 37

    Provider payment mechanisms (PPMs) are important to the universal health coverage (UHC) agenda as they can influence healthcare provider behaviour and create incentives for health service delivery, quality and efficiency. Therefore, when designing PPMs, it is important to consider providers’ preferences for PPM characteristics. We set out to uncover senior health facility managers’ preferences for the attributes of a capitation payment mechanism …

  • Understanding community health worker incentive preferences in Uganda using a discrete choice experiment

    Open Access•Smisha Agarwal, Timothy Abuya et al.•ARTICLE•Journal of Global Health•2021

    BACKGROUND: Community health workers (CHWs) play a critical role in supporting health systems, and in improving the availability and accessibility to health care. However, CHW programs globally continue to face challenges with poor performance and high levels of CHW attrition. CHW programs are often underfunded and poorly planned, which can lead to loss of motivation by CHWs. The study aims to determine preferences of CHWs for job incentives with…

Business (2 works) · Economics (2 works) · Global Maternal and Child Health (2 works) · Actuarial science (1 works) · Attrition (1 works) · Capitation (1 works) · Developing country (1 works) · Economic and Environmental Valuation (1 works) · Economic growth (1 works) · Environmental health (1 works)

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