This homecare policy study compares the creation and enactment of a managed market (Quebec) and a consumer-driven market (France) in urban and rural areas. Market tools are ill-suited for rural environments, as policymakers have an urban setting in mind. Consequently, market tool preferences have modest relevance in rural settings, with implementer...
Madagascar connaît une transition sanitaire dans un contexte de stagnation économique. L’espérance de vie des Malgaches a progressé de près de 16 ans entre 1990 et 2020, alors que le revenu par habitant a peu évolué sur cette période. Selon certaines études, les segments les plus pauvres de la population ont même vu leur situation économique se dég...
Published in Journal of health, population, and nutrition
Countries without complete civil registration and vital statistics systems rely on retrospective full pregnancy history surveys (FPH) to estimate incidence of pregnancy and mortality outcomes, including stillbirth and neonatal death. Yet surveys are subject to biases that impact demographic estimates, and few studies have quantified these effects. ...
Using Gingrich’s (2011) typology of welfare markets, this contribution studies the selection and enactment of market tools in two different jurisdictions (France and Quebec). Quebec represents a classic example of a managed market with regional health authorities (CISSS/CIUSSS) seeking the lower the cost of long-term care by contracting services to...
This article provides a spatio-temporal analysis of population diversity in French rural areas between 1975 and 2015 by considering the weight of the immigrant population and the variety of countries of birth of this population. It is based on a quantitative and longitudinal analysis of detailed data from the 1975, 1999, 2008 and 2015 population ce...
