Category Archive for "Publications"
New Paper: Breaking Barriers to Universal Health Coverage: Insights from Georgia’s Chronic Disease Medicine Program
CIF researchers Alisa Tsuladze, Akaki Zoidze, Nino Kotrikadze, and George Gotsadze, together with Janina Stauke, have published a new article in SSM – Health Systems. The paper, entitled “Breaking barriers to universal health coverage: Insights from Georgia’s Chronic Disease Medicine…
New Paper: From fragmented to functional: Improving rehabilitation data in Georgia’s health information systems for better decision-making
CIF researchers Nino Kotrikadze, Akaki Zoidze, and George Gotsadze have published a new scientific article in SSM – Health Systems. The article, entitled “From fragmented to functional: Improving rehabilitation data in Georgia’s health information systems for better decision-making”, assess the…
New Paper: Financial protection and universal health coverage in Georgia: an analysis of impoverishing healthcare costs using household income and expenditure surveys
CIF researchers Tsotne Gorgodze, Akaki Zoidze, Jolly Mae Catalan and George Gotsadze published new scientific article in the BMJ Global Health Journal. The article entitled “Financial protection and universal health coverage in Georgia: an analysis of impoverishing healthcare costs using…
Barometer Study: Pharmaceutical Sector in Georgia
The study includes the data of the first two quarters of 2023, namely the indicators of the level of inflation on the health care group, and in particular on pharmaceutical products.
Sustaining Public Health Gains after Donor Transition: What can we learn about Georgia?
Understanding how and why Georgia was (or was not) able to sustain coverage with the selected health interventions after transition and identify the enablers and barriers to this. To achieve this objective following research questions were defined:
Vaccine Procurement and Supply for the Expanded Program of Immunization in Kazakhstan
In May 2022 UNITED NATIONS CHILDREN’S FUND (UNICEF) Kazakhstan published a report entitled: “Vaccine Procurement and Supply for the Expanded Program of Immunization in Kazakhstan: Gaps and Challenges for Action”, authored by Dr. George Gotsadze and Dr. David Sulaberidze, both representing Curatio International Foundation.
Paper: Soviet legacy is still pervasive in health policy and systems research in the post-Soviet states
Bundled Payment Methods: An Alternative Payment Method to Contain Healthcare Costs in Georgia
Since there is a considerable growth in healthcare expenditure in Georgia, driven by both supply and demand, the health system would benefit by implementing alternative payment models that will reduce costs and improve the quality of care.
DRUG CHECKING: An Essential Response to Emerging Harm Reduction Needs
Nowadays, these services, including DCS, are totally absent or fragmented, in particular, they are provided by only one organization that lacks funding and sustainability, thus has limited capabilities to comprehensively introduce and operate service delivery.
Effects of Pay for Performance on utilization and quality of care among Primary Health Care providers in Middle and High-Income countries
The evidence review summarizes the existing literature on P4P effectiveness on utilization and quality of primary health care in private settings in middle-income and high- income countries. The document and its findings are especially relevant to Georgia.