Interventions to reduce corruption in the health sector

Gaitonde, Rakhal; Bjørndal, Arild; Oxman, Andrew D; Okebukola, Peter O; Ongolo‐Zogo, Pierre

doi:10.1002/14651858.cd008856

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“…Some reviews focused on specific accountability interventions, such as health committees ( McCoy et al , 2012 ; George et al , 2015b ), social audits ( Pattinson et al , 2009 ) and report cards ( McNamara, 2006 ; Gullo et al , 2016 ). Others looked at systems-level change through decentralization ( Talukder et al , 2008 ; Mitchell and Bossert, 2010 ; Cobos Muñoz et al , 2017 ) or efforts to reduce corruption ( Vian, 2008 ; Hanna et al , 2011 ; Ciccone et al , 2014 ; Gaitonde et al , 2016 ; Molina et al , 2016 ). Most reviews sought to identify interventions that influence accountability and thus discussed a range of interrelated interventions and outcomes ranging from health system responsiveness to maternal mortality.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…How can we better analyse the dynamics of social accountability strategies? Gaitonde et al (2016) Systematic review Global Corruption What strategies have been used and how effective are they to reduce corruption in the health sector? Gaventa and Barrett (2010) Qualitative synthesis (meta-case study analysis) LMIC Outcomes of citizen engagement What is the impact of participation on improved democratic and developmental outcomes?…”

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confidence: 99%

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Developing more participatory and accountable institutions for health: identifying health system research priorities for the Sustainable Development Goal-era

Scott

Jessani

Qiu

et al. 2018

Health Policy and Planning

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Health policy and systems research (HPSR) is vital to guiding global institutions, funders, policymakers, activists and implementers in developing and enacting strategies to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals. We undertook a multi-stage participatory process to identify priority research questions relevant to improving accountability within health systems. We conducted interviews (n = 54) and focus group discussions (n = 2) with policymakers from international and national bodies (ministries of health, other government agencies and technical support institutions) across the WHO regions. Respondents were asked to reflect on challenges and current policy discussions related to health systems accountability, and to identify their pressing research needs. We also conducted an overview of reviews (n = 34) to determine the current status of knowledge on health systems accountability and to identify any gaps. We extracted research questions from the policymaker interviews and focus groups (70 questions) and from the overview of reviews (112 questions), and synthesized these into 36 overarching questions. Using the online platform Co-Digital, we invited researchers from around the world to refine and then rank the questions according to research importance. The questions that emerged amongst the top priorities focused on political factors that mediate the adoption or effectiveness of accountability initiatives, processes and incentives that facilitate the acceptability of accountability mechanisms among frontline healthcare providers, and the national governance reforms and contexts that enhance provider accountability. The process revealed different underlying conceptions of social accountability and how best to promote it, with some researchers and policymakers focusing on specific interventions and others embracing a more systems-oriented approach to understanding accountability, the multiple forms that it can take, how these interact with each other and the importance of power and underlying social relations. The findings from this exercise identify HPSR funding priorities and future areas for evidence production and policy engagement.

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Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Developing more participatory and accountable institutions for health: identifying health system research priorities for the Sustainable Development Goal-era

Scott

Jessani

Qiu

et al. 2018

Health Policy and Planning

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“…Other reviews stated that browsing was conducted without providing more detail and/or reported search terms. [50][51][52][53] Of the 3 reviews that reported the number of results identified by searching websites, 2 reported the total number of results 25,49 and 1 reported that a website was searched for information about an ongoing study. 54 A total of 25 searches were reported with a median of 30 results (range 0-892).…”

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A review of the reporting of web searching to identify studies for Cochrane systematic reviews

Briscoe

2017

Research Synthesis Methods

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The literature searches that are used to identify studies for inclusion in a systematic review should be comprehensively reported. This ensures that the literature searches are transparent and reproducible, which is important for assessing the strengths and weaknesses of a systematic review and re-running the literature searches when conducting an update review. Web searching using search engines and the websites of topically relevant organisations is sometimes used as a supplementary literature search method. Previous research has shown that the reporting of web searching in systematic reviews often lacks important details and is thus not transparent or reproducible. Useful details to report about web searching include the name of the search engine or website, the URL, the date searched, the search strategy, and the number of results. This study reviews the reporting of web searching to identify studies for Cochrane systematic reviews published in the 6-month period August 2016 to January 2017 (n = 423). Of these reviews, 61 reviews reported using web searching using a search engine or website as a literature search method. In the majority of reviews, the reporting of web searching was found to lack essential detail for ensuring transparency and reproducibility, such as the search terms. Recommendations are made on how to improve the reporting of web searching in Cochrane systematic reviews.

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“…Their involvement in a collective drive to demonstrate success can unintentionally ‘instil a fear of failure, stifle risk-taking and innovation, and lead to the fabrication of achievement’ 9. For example, research that threatens the position of powerful elites—such as research into high-level corruption—is lacking 10. Meanwhile, selective reporting of ‘unwelcome’ findings can be a way to avoid contractual terminations even though it undermines learning 1 11 12.…”

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confidence: 99%