Sebastian Bauhoff
@sbauhoff
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Principal Health Economist @el_BID / @the_IDB, via @GHP_HarvardChan and @CGDev. Tweets and views are my own; RTs are not endorsements.
Washington, DC
Joined April 2015
All LAC countries are set for at least *doubling* of health spending by 2050. Important study by Krishna Rao, @andresvecino et al for @the_IDB. See blog by Bill Savedoff and webinar recording here: https://t.co/vFxsKpiHwi Study:
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Our story of how the National Cancer Grid @CancerGridIndia drastically reduced costs of cancer care in India. A model that can (and should) be replicated in other disease areas and geographies. Economies of scale, assured quality, reduced stockouts (1/2) https://t.co/E4hsE1J1Ve
bbc.com
Cancer treatment centres have clubbed together to bulk-buy drugs and bring down costs by more than 85%.
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Publicación importante en @Health_Affairs sobre las lecciones que nos dejó COVID para nuestra región. Bravo @RitaSorio @rperez_cuevas @sbauhoff @RubinsteinOk
LIVE: The December 2023 issue of Health Affairs is here. This month’s edition is devoted to exploring lessons learned around the globe from the #COVID19 pandemic. Get your copy here: https://t.co/5vrOfj15ZF
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Our first #LACIR chapter on Health Inequalities is out! We find significant inequalities throughout the life cycle 📈 Stay tuned for the full Latin America & Caribbean Inequality Review @TheIFS @YaleEGC @el_BID @LSEInequalities
https://t.co/9544EGsuts
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Beyond just setting goals: combining goals and supervision to boost health center quality in Nigeria https://t.co/vDZHmqRxQ9 by @FelipeADunsch, Eze-Ajoku, @Mario_Macis, and me
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Do you work in global health policy? The call for papers to present at the 2024 Rosenkranz Global Health Policy Research Symposium at Stanford Univ (May 21, 2024) is just out. Deadline Nov 17. Travel expenses covered. Submission link:
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Fantastic results - significant lessons: The National Cancer Grid, a network of more than 250 cancer centres in India piloted pooled procurement...The savings ranged from 23% to 99% more with generics than newly patented meds => reveals advantages of pooled procurement for
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¿Cómo proteger a los niños y niñas del impacto del cambio climático? Lee y súmate a la conversación ➡️ https://t.co/k40yUyXqs6
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Hey @SpringerNature, appreciate the #APCdiscounts for lower-middle-income countries. But why base it on total GDP < $200bn and not *per-capita* GDP? Now Algeria ($4,274 pc) gets 50% off but not Nigeria ($2,184) or Pakistan ($1,597).
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🚨The @CGDev Lead Poisoning program is Hiring!🚨 We're looking for a Senior Policy Analyst, based in either DC or London, to help us ramp up evidence-based policy outreach. See job listing here 👇 https://t.co/R1EUNdZ788
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Programas de transferencias de efectivo reducen en un 20% la mortalidad materna, y un 8% la mortalidad infantil. Evidencia publicada en @Nature en base a casi un centenar de estudios paises de ingresos medio y bajos @sbauhoff @MStampini @IbarraranPablo
Difference-in-difference models show cash-transfer programs 👉 a 20% reduction in mortality for women, and an 8% reduction in risk of death for children under 5. Evidence from over 80 low- and middle-income countries over the last 3 decades in .@Nature: https://t.co/DyoCPxHsoo
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Over 100 governments in low- and middle-income countries have introduced anti-poverty cash transfer programs over the last 3 decades In new research, we examined the effects of these initiatives on the ultimate health outcome — mortality Published today in @Nature /1
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¿Conoces el impacto que tiene la baja calidad de la atención de salud en la región? En este blog post de @sbauhoff puedes descubrir cómo está afectando este tema a los países y a las condiciones de salud específicas: https://t.co/peBm7ufveD
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At the @the_IDB we are looking to hire a consultant to help us with a comprehensive literature review on #ecoanxiety and analysis of the instruments used so far to measure it. 👇 https://t.co/LV1HRTZRXR
#consultancy #opportunity #climatechange
@solebos @jdohertybigara @sbauhoff
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#WFH saves 72 minutes a day on average, and 90+ minutes in China, India, Japan and Singapore. This is a win-win: Employers gain 30 minutes (40%) more work a day, boosting productivity. Employees gain 42 minutes for leisure, caregiving and housework. https://t.co/kCs5KIpstw
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A collaborative piece from @questglobalnet on using routine health data to track health system performance in times of crisis @CatArsenault @mkruk @borwornsom @sbauhoff @neenaranee @annadgage @KtmAktivist
health-policy-systems.biomedcentral.com
COVID-19 has prompted the use of readily available administrative data to track health system performance in times of crisis and to monitor disruptions in essential healthcare services. In this...
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Features work with Dhruv Grover and @friedman_jed on "Using supervised learning to select audit targets in performance-based financing in health"
journals.plos.org
Independent verification is a critical component of performance-based financing (PBF) in health care, in which facilities are offered incentives to increase the volume of specific services but the...
Artificial intelligence in health financing: fraud detection and identification of high risk patients most common uses of AI, mostly applied to private health insurance. Interesting quick review.
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