Ermias Dessie

ORCID: 0000-0003-3151-5624
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Research Areas
  • Healthcare Systems and Reforms
  • Global Maternal and Child Health
  • Global Health Care Issues
  • HIV/AIDS Impact and Responses
  • Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life
  • Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia research
  • Healthcare Policy and Management
  • Renal and related cancers
  • Mental Health Treatment and Access

Government of Ethiopia
2022-2023

World Health Organization - Pakistan
2023

Federal Ministry of Health
2020

Evidence on the effectiveness of community-based health insurance (CBHI) in low-income countries is inconclusive. This study assessed impact CBHI service utilization and financial risk protection Ethiopia.We conducted a comparative cross-sectional nested within larger national household survey 2020. Data was collected from three groups households-CBHI member households (n = 1586), non-member implementing woredas 1863), non-CBHI 789). Indicators utilization, out-of-pocket spending,...

10.1186/s12913-022-09019-6 article EN cc-by BMC Health Services Research 2023-01-23

Abstract Background Treatment abandonment is one of major reasons for childhood cancer treatment failure and low survival rate in low- middle-income countries. Ethiopia plans to reduce by 60% (2019–2023), but baseline data information about the contextual risk factors that influence are scarce. Methods This cross-sectional study was conducted from September 5 22, 2021, on three pediatric oncology centers Ethiopia. Data incidence were obtained healthcare professionals. We unable obtain...

10.1186/s12913-022-08188-8 article EN cc-by BMC Health Services Research 2022-08-08

Abstract In Ethiopia, little is known about the extent of out-of-pocket health expenditures and associated financial hardships at national regional levels. We estimated incidence both catastrophic impoverishing using data from 2015/16 Ethiopian household consumption expenditure welfare monitoring surveys. computed (CHE) 10% 25% thresholds total 40% threshold capacity to pay, (IHE) Ethiopia's poverty line (ETB 7184 per adult year). Around 2.1% (SE: 0.2, P < 0.001) households would face...

10.1093/heapol/czaa044 article EN cc-by Health Policy and Planning 2020-04-24

Introduction The Government of Ethiopia (GoE) has made significant progress in expanding access to primary health care (PHC) over the past 15 years. However, achieving national PHC targets for universal coverage will require a increase financing. purpose this study was generate cost evidence and provide recommendations improve efficiency. Methods We used open Primary Health Care Costing, Analysis, Planning (PHC-CAP) Tool estimate actual normative recurrent costs nine Ethiopian regions....

10.3389/fpubh.2023.1242314 article EN cc-by Frontiers in Public Health 2023-12-19

The Ethiopian health system faces persistent inequities in health-care utilization and outcomes, despite continued efforts to expand service coverage. There is little evidence the literature describing status of equity quality healthcare. This paper aims understand disparities antenatal care (ANC) family planning (FP) among poor non-poor communities. We used 2016 Ethiopia Demographic Health Survey (DHS) data compute a Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI), 2014 Service Provision Assessment...

10.1080/23288604.2022.2062808 article EN cc-by Health Systems & Reform 2022-01-01

The existing evidence on households' participation in Ethiopia's community-based health insurance (CBHI) scheme is limited, lacks representativeness, and disaggregation. Thus, this study aims to assess willingness pay (WTP) for CBHI membership identify the factors that influence their decision enroll. From February May 2020, a nationwide cross-sectional household survey was conducted involving member non-member households. primary theories informed were utility theory, social capital belief...

10.51867/ajernet.5.4.7 article EN cc-by-nc African Journal of Empirical Research 2024-10-05

Abstract Background: Evidence on the effectiveness of community-based health insurance (CBHI) in low-income countries is inconclusive. This study assessed impact CBHI service utilization and financial risk protection Ethiopia. Methods: We conducted a comparative cross-sectional nested within larger national household survey 2020. Data was collected from three groups households - member (n = 1586), non-member implementing woredas 1863), non-CBHI 789). Indicators utilization, out-of-pocket...

10.21203/rs.3.rs-1525536/v1 preprint EN cc-by Research Square (Research Square) 2022-04-12

Abstract Background The existing evidence on households’ ability and willingness to join the community-based health insurance (CBHI) scheme in Ethiopia is inadequate lacks representativeness disaggregation. Thus, aim of this study was assess pay (ATP) (WTP) for CBHI membership identify factors that WTP Methods A nationwide cross-sectional household survey, involving both member nonmember households, conducted from February May 2020. Two-stage stratified cluster sampling used select...

10.21203/rs.3.rs-2402157/v1 preprint EN cc-by Research Square (Research Square) 2023-01-03

Background: The Ethiopian health system faces persistent geographic and socioeconomic inequities in healthcare utilization, outputs outcomes, despite continued efforts to expand service coverage across the country. While previously mentioned are fairly well documented, there is little evidence literature describing status of equity quality healthcare. This paper aims understand disparities reproductive services (antenatal care family planning) among poor non-poor communities. Methods: We...

10.2139/ssrn.3396023 article EN SSRN Electronic Journal 2019-01-01
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