Mylene Lagarde

Summary

Affiliation: London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Country: UK

Publications

  1. ncbi What do we mean by rigorous health-systems research?
    Anne Mills
    Department of Public Health and Policy, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London WC1E 7HT, UK
    Lancet 372:1527-9. 2008
  2. ncbi Investigating attribute non-attendance and its consequences in choice experiments with latent class models
    Mylene Lagarde
    Department of Global Health and Development, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK
    Health Econ 22:554-67. 2013
  3. ncbi Cost-effectiveness analysis of human resources policy interventions to address the shortage of nurses in rural South Africa
    Mylene Lagarde
    Department of Global Health and Development, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, 15 17 Tavistock Place, London, WC1H 9SH, UK
    Soc Sci Med 75:801-6. 2012
  4. ncbi Modelling human resources policies with Markov models: an illustration with the South African nursing labour market
    Mylene Lagarde
    Department of Global Health and Development, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, 15 17 Tavistock Place, London, WC1H 9SH, UK
    Health Care Manag Sci 15:270-82. 2012
  5. ncbi Assessing the effects of removing user fees in Zambia and Niger
    Mylene Lagarde
    Department of Global Health and Development, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK
    J Health Serv Res Policy 17:30-6. 2012
  6. ncbi Attracting and retaining health workers in rural areas: investigating nurses' views on rural posts and policy interventions
    Kethi Mullei
    IntraHealth International, Inc PO Box 66726, 00800 Nairobi, Kenya
    BMC Health Serv Res 10:S1. 2010
  7. ncbi Conditional cash transfers for improving uptake of health interventions in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review
    Mylene Lagarde
    London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Health Policy Unit, London, England
    JAMA 298:1900-10. 2007
  8. ncbi Evaluating health workers' potential resistance to new interventions: a role for discrete choice experiments
    Mylene Lagarde
    Department of Global Health and Development, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
    PLoS ONE 6:e23588. 2011
  9. ncbi The impact of user fees on health service utilization in low- and middle-income countries: how strong is the evidence?
    Mylene Lagarde
    London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, England
    Bull World Health Organ 86:839-848. 2008
  10. ncbi How to do (or not to do) ... Assessing the impact of a policy change with routine longitudinal data
    Mylene Lagarde
    Health Economics and Financing Programme, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London, WC1E 7HT, UK
    Health Policy Plan 27:76-83. 2012

Detail Information

Publications17

  1. ncbi What do we mean by rigorous health-systems research?
    Anne Mills
    Department of Public Health and Policy, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London WC1E 7HT, UK
    Lancet 372:1527-9. 2008
  2. ncbi Investigating attribute non-attendance and its consequences in choice experiments with latent class models
    Mylene Lagarde
    Department of Global Health and Development, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK
    Health Econ 22:554-67. 2013
    ..Although the latter result is reassuring about the ability of DCEs to produce unbiased policy guidance, it should be confirmed by other studies...
  3. ncbi Cost-effectiveness analysis of human resources policy interventions to address the shortage of nurses in rural South Africa
    Mylene Lagarde
    Department of Global Health and Development, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, 15 17 Tavistock Place, London, WC1H 9SH, UK
    Soc Sci Med 75:801-6. 2012
    ..If such policies could not be implemented, the next best options are to offer preferential access to specialist training to nurses willing to work in rural areas...
  4. ncbi Modelling human resources policies with Markov models: an illustration with the South African nursing labour market
    Mylene Lagarde
    Department of Global Health and Development, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, 15 17 Tavistock Place, London, WC1H 9SH, UK
    Health Care Manag Sci 15:270-82. 2012
    ..Despite its complexity, this innovative method provides a transparent and useful tool to inform the design of policies to address rural staff shortages...
  5. ncbi Assessing the effects of removing user fees in Zambia and Niger
    Mylene Lagarde
    Department of Global Health and Development, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK
    J Health Serv Res Policy 17:30-6. 2012
    ....
  6. ncbi Attracting and retaining health workers in rural areas: investigating nurses' views on rural posts and policy interventions
    Kethi Mullei
    IntraHealth International, Inc PO Box 66726, 00800 Nairobi, Kenya
    BMC Health Serv Res 10:S1. 2010
    ..Kenya has bold plans for scaling up priority interventions nationwide, but faces major human resource challenges, with a lack of skilled workers especially in the most disadvantaged rural areas...
  7. ncbi Conditional cash transfers for improving uptake of health interventions in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review
    Mylene Lagarde
    London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Health Policy Unit, London, England
    JAMA 298:1900-10. 2007
    ..The effectiveness of these strategies in different contexts has not previously been the subject of a systematic review...
  8. ncbi Evaluating health workers' potential resistance to new interventions: a role for discrete choice experiments
    Mylene Lagarde
    Department of Global Health and Development, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
    PLoS ONE 6:e23588. 2011
    ..Whilst trials are underway to test the efficacy of future alternative approaches, it is important to start exploring the feasibility of their implementation...
  9. ncbi The impact of user fees on health service utilization in low- and middle-income countries: how strong is the evidence?
    Mylene Lagarde
    London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, England
    Bull World Health Organ 86:839-848. 2008
    ..To assess the effects of user charges on the uptake of health services in low- and middle-income countries...
  10. ncbi How to do (or not to do) ... Assessing the impact of a policy change with routine longitudinal data
    Mylene Lagarde
    Health Economics and Financing Programme, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London, WC1E 7HT, UK
    Health Policy Plan 27:76-83. 2012
    ..Advantages and limitations of this quasi-experimental approach to evaluating the impact of health policies are discussed...
  11. ncbi A review of the application and contribution of discrete choice experiments to inform human resources policy interventions
    Mylene Lagarde
    Health Economics and Financing Programme, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK
    Hum Resour Health 7:62. 2009
    ..Yet they are complex research instruments requiring expertise in a number of different areas. Therefore it is essential that researchers also understand the potential limitations of discrete choice experiment methods...
  12. ncbi Promoting healthy behaviours and improving health outcomes in low and middle income countries: a review of the impact of conditional cash transfer programmes
    Meghna Ranganathan
    Department of Global Health and Development, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, 15 17 Tavistock Place, London, UK
    Prev Med 55:S95-S105. 2012
    ..To provide an overview of Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) programmes in low and middle income countries and present the evidence to date on their contribution to improvements in health and the encouragement of healthy behaviours...
  13. ncbi Assessing user preferences for sexually transmitted infection testing services: a discrete choice experiment
    Alec Miners
    Faculty of Public Health and Policy, Department of Health Services Research and Policy, Faculty of Public Health and Policy, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK
    Sex Transm Infect 88:510-6. 2012
    ..To assess user preferences for different aspects of sexually transmitted infection (STI) testing services...
  14. ncbi Availability of essential medicines in Ethiopia: an efficiency-equity trade-off?
    Barbara S Carasso
    London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK
    Trop Med Int Health 14:1394-400. 2009
    ..To investigate the availability and cost of essential medicines in health centres in rural Ethiopia, and to explore if the fee waiver system protects patients from having to pay for medicines...
  15. ncbi Appealing to altruism: an alternative strategy to address the health workforce crisis in developing countries?
    Richard Smith
    Department of Global Health and Development, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, 15 17 Tavistock Place, London WC1H 9SH, UK
    J Public Health (Oxf) 35:164-70. 2013
    ..This paper adds to the literature through characterizing the nature and determinants of nurses' altruism, based on a cross-country quantitative study...
  16. ncbi Health worker perspectives on user fee removal in Zambia
    Barbara S Carasso
    London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, 15 17 Tavistock Place, London, WC1H 9SH, UK
    Hum Resour Health 10:40. 2012
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  17. ncbi The impact of user fees on access to health services in low- and middle-income countries
    Mylene Lagarde
    Department of Global Health and Development, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, 15 17 Tavistock Place, London, UK, WC1H 9SH
    Cochrane Database Syst Rev 4:CD009094. 2011
    ..User fees are charges levied at the point of use and are supposed to help reduce 'frivolous' consumption of health services, increase quality of services available and, as a result, increase utilisation of services...