International Journal of Health Governance

Exploring co-participation in health: strategies and initiatives towards inclusive well-being

Carolina Traub, Rialda Kovacevic

This article explores the main elements of co-participation in health, examining how community engagement can improve health outcomes and health services’ overall efficiency. It…

How ethnic discord impacts the relationship between health service delivery and state legitimacy: lessons from fragile Nepal

Sudip Bhandari

Despite extensive research on the relationship between service delivery and state legitimacy in fragile settings, we know little about how this relationship is impacted by ethnic…

Financial challenges in Portuguese hospitals: debt influences

Maria Elisabete Neves, Ana Carolina

This study aims to understand how specific variables of companies, corporate governance and macroeconomic factors influence the indebtedness of Portuguese hospitals, a key sector…

Good governance: an empirical evidence from Egypt’s public health sector

Nahed T. Zeini, Ahmed E. Okasha

This paper aims to investigate the implementation of good governance (GG) principles in Egypt’s public health sector and assess their impact on overall GG and their…

Health system responsiveness from perspective of people with disabilities in west of Iran: a quantitative study

Bakhtiar Piroozi, Azad Shokri, Hossein Safari, Amjad Mohammadi Bolbanabad, Siroos Hematpour, Ramyar Rahimi, Jalil Adabi, Jamal Mahmodpour

Responsiveness is one of the key components of good governance and one of the ultimate goals of health systems. The purpose of this study was to investigate the importance and…

A cross-comparative analysis of child poverty across sub-Saharan Africa: the case of Francophone and Anglophone African states

Cynthia Lum Fonta, David Gordon, Zoi Toumpakari

The institutional structures established by French and British colonists continue to shape the socio-economic landscape of sub-Saharan Africa, potentially contributing to the…

Medical judicial expertise: the real decision-maker in Chinese medical dispute litigation

Meng Chen

This article attempts to contribute to medical dispute resolution by examining the adoption of medical judicial expertise opinions in determining medical malpractice…