Background: Diagnosis-related group (DRG)-based hospital payment can potentially be inadequately low (or high) for highly variable, highly specialized, and/or low volume care.
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Amid concerns about the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, Guatemala, in January 2020 decreed travel bans from China, which were later expanded to other countries.
As COVID-19 vaccines are becoming available, governments will need to assess the number and location of the most vulnerable people within their populations.
In anticipation of the development of a safe and effective COVID-19 vaccine—the distribution of which will be a complex and sensitive issue—governments will need to assess the number and location of the most vulnerable people within their populati
journal article
Value for money? Vote-buying and politician accountability
To maximize impacts and cost-effectiveness of development assistance programs, decisionmakers should consider increasing the length of investments.
Food-assisted maternal and child health and nutrition (FA-MCHN) programs are widely used to reduce household food insecurity and maternal and child undernutrition in low- and middle-income countries.
Food-assisted maternal and child health and nutrition (FA-MCHN) programs may foster child growth during the first 1000 d (pregnancy and the first 2 y of a child's life), but evidence is scant.
project paper
Optimizing food assistance programs: Multisectoral program improves child growth in Guatemala
Food-assisted maternal and child health and nutrition programs that incorporate food rations, a behavior change communication (BCC) strategy, and activities to improve the implementation and use of government-funded health services can improve chi
Cost studies were conducted in conjunction with the impact evaluations of these two PM2A (Preventing Malnutrition in Children under 2 Approach) programs to provide information on the total cost of the programs and estimate the cost of alternative
This report presents the findings from the impact evaluation of Programa Comunitario Materno Infantil de Diversificación Alimentaria (PROCOMIDA) (Community Maternal and Child Food Diversification Program), a Preventing Malnutrition in Children und
This book addresses the thorny and fascinating question of how food and voucher programs, despite theory and evidence generally favoring cash, remain relevant, have evolved, and, in most circumstances, have improved over time.
The 193 individual country profiles capture the status and progress of all UN Member States, and the 80+ indicators include a wealth of information on child, adolescent and adult anthropometry and nutritional status, in addition to intervention co
The region profiles capture the status and progress of all countries within the region, and the 80+ indicators include a wealth of information on child, adolescent and adult anthropometry and nutritional status, in addition to intervention coverag