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Featured collection: Practicing governance towards equity in health systems: LMIC perspectives and experience

The unifying theme of this new series is a concern for understanding the everyday practice of governance in LMIC health systems. The papers address governance through diverse health policy and system issues, consider actors located at multiple levels of the system and draw on multidisciplinary perspectives. The overall purpose of this series is to provide an empirical and embedded research perspective on governance and equity in health systems.

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1. CONTENT TYPE:RESEARCH

     |  5 January 2018

   Inequality of obstetric and gynaecological workforce distribution in China

   Authors:Zhenghong Ren, Peige Song, Xinlei Chang, Jiawen Wang and Lin An
2. CONTENT TYPE:RESEARCH

     |  5 January 2018

   Socioeconomic status can affect pregnancy outcomes and complications, even with a universal healthcare system

   Authors:Min Kyoung Kim, Seung Mi Lee, Sung-Hee Bae, Hyun Joo Kim, Nam Gu Lim, Seok-Jun Yoon, Jin Yong Lee and Min-Woo Jo
3. CONTENT TYPE:RESEARCH

     |  4 January 2018

   Social health insurance contributes to universal coverage in South Africa, but generates inequities: survey among members of a government employee insurance scheme

   Authors:Jane Goudge, Olufunke A. Alaba, Veloshnee Govender, Bronwyn Harris, Nonhlanhla Nxumalo and Matthew F. Chersich
4. CONTENT TYPE:RESEARCH

     |  28 December 2017

   Do beneficiaries’ views matter in healthcare purchasing decisions? Experiences from the Nigerian tax-funded health system and the formal sector social health insurance program of the National Health Insurance Scheme

   Authors:Ogochukwu Ibe, Ayako Honda, Enyi Etiaba, Nkoli Ezumah, Kara Hanson and Obinna Onwujekwe
5. CONTENT TYPE:RESEARCH

     |  15 December 2017

   Referral patterns, delays, and equity in access to advanced paediatric emergency care in Vietnam

   Authors:Emily Treleaven, Toan Ngoc Pham, Duy Ngoc Le, Trevor N. Brooks, Hai Thanh Le and J. Colin Partridge

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