Ottar Mæstad

Short- and long-term food security and policy responses in pandemics: Panel data evidence from Covid-19 in low- and middle-income countries

P. Hangoma, K. Hachhethu, O.F. Norheim, S. Passeri, J. Rivers, O. Mæstad

World Development

Pay-for-performance reduces bypassing of health facilities: evidence from Tanzania

Sosina Bezu Chiksa, Peter John Binyaruka, Ottar Mæstad, Vincent Somville

Social Science and Medicine

Long-term effects of payment for performance on maternal and child health outcomes: evidence from Tanzania

Josephine Borghi, Peter John Binyaruka, Iddy Mayumana, Siri Lange, Vincent Somville, Ottar Mæstad

BMJ Global Health

Effectiveness of a girls’ empowerment programme on early childbearing, marriage and school dropout among adolescent girls in rural Zambia: study protocol for a cluster randomized trial

Ingvild Fossgard Sandøy, Mweetwa Mudenda, Joseph Zulu, Ecloss Munsaka, Astrid Blystad, Mpundu Makasa, Ottar Mæstad, Bertil Tungodden, Choolwe Jakobs, Linda Milimo Kampata, Knut Fylkesnes, Joar Svanemyr, Karen Marie Moland, Richard Banda, Patrick Musonda

Trials

Effect of Paying for Performance on Utilisation, Quality, and User Costs of Health Services in Tanzania: A Controlled Before and After Study

Peter Binyaruka, Edith Patouillard, Timothy Powell-Jackson, Giulia Greco, Ottar Mæstad, Josephine Borghi

PlosONE

Lifetime QALY prioritarianism in priority setting: Quantification of the inherent trade-off

Ottersen, T., O. Mæstad, and O. F. Norheim

Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation

Why don't clinicians adhere more consistently to the guidelines for Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI)?

Lange, S., A. Mwisongo, and O. Mæstad

Social Science and Medicine

Using incentives to attract nurses to remote areas of Tanzania: a contingent valuation study

Michael Munga, Gaute Torsvik, Ottar Mæstad

Health Policy and Planning

Protocol for the evaluation of a pay for performance programme in Pwani region in Tanzania: A controlled before and after study

Josephine, Mayumana Iddy, Mashasi Irene, Binyaruka Peter, Patouillard Edith, Njau Ikunda, Maestad Ottar, Abdulla Salim, Mamdani Masuma

Implementation Science

A universal preference for equality in health? Reasons to reconsider properties of applied welfare functions

Ottar Mæstad, Ole Frithjof Norheim

Social Science and Medicine

The decision to vaccinate a child: An economic perspective from southern Malawi

Jon Helgheim Holte, Ottar Mæstad, Jagrati V Jani

Social Science and Medicine

Informal payments and the quality of health care: Mechanisms revealed by Tanzanian health workers

Ottar Mæstad and Aziza Mwisongo

Health Policy

Demand for childhood vaccination - insights from behavioral economics

Alexander Cappelen, Ottar Mæstad and Bertil Tungodden

Forum for Development Studies

Overworked? On the relationship between workload and health worker performance

Ottar Mæstad, Gaute Torsvik and Arild Aakvik

Journal of Health Economics

Eliciting people's preferences for the distribution of health. A procedure for a more precise estimation of distributional weights

Ottar Mæstad and Ole Frithjof Norheim

Journal of Health Economics

The decentralisation-centralisation dilemma: Recruitment and distribution of health workers in remote districts of Tanzania

Michael Munga, Nils Gunnar Songstad, Astrid Blystad, Ottar Mæstad

BMC International Health and Human Rights

Measuring inequalities in the distribution of health workers: the case of Tanzania

Michael Munga and Ottar Mæstad

Human Resources for Health

Distribution matters: Equity considerations among health planners in Tanzania

Trygve Ottersen, Deogratius Mbilinyi, Ottar Mæstad, Ole Frithjof Norheim

Health Policy

Assessing the economic gains of free market access for the least developed countries in the QUAD

Arne Wiig, Rune Jansen Hagen and Ottar Mæstad

Nordic Journal of Political Economy

Measuring the performance of health workers

Kenneth Leonard; Ottar Mæstad

Health Labor Market Analyses

Analyzing the determinants of health worker performance

Kenneth Leonard; Ottar Mæstad

Health Labor Market Analyses

Judging the price of life: cost considerations in right-to-health litigation

Octavio L. Motta Ferraz, Siri Gloppen, Ottar Mæstad, Lise Rakner

Juridification and Social Citizenship in the Welfare State

Productivity of health workers. Tanzania

Ottar Mæstad, Aziza Mwisongo

The labor market for health workers in Africa. A new look at the crisis.

Assessing the impact of health rights litigation: A comparative analysis of Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, India and South Africa

Ottar Mæstad, Lise Rakner and Octavio L. Motta Ferraz

Litigating health rights. Can courts bring more justice to health?

Informal pay and the quality of health care: Lessons from Tanzania

Ottar Mæstad and Aziza Mwisongo

Anticorruption in the health sector

What are the African people asking from their governments?

Ottar Mæstad

Old Problems and New Realities in Africa - and the role of Development Cooperation

Nikolai Hegertun, Ottar Mæstad (eds.)

Helhetlig innsats i krise og konflikt. Hva er utfordringene?

Nikolai Hegertun, Ottar Mæstad

Helhetlig innsats i krise og konflikt. Hva mer kan Norge gjøre?

Ottar Mæstad, Nikolai Hegertun, Hans Inge Corneliussen

Making Sense of the Nexus

Nikolai Hegertun, Ottar Mæstad, Håvard M. Nygård

Experiences with Results-Based Payments in Norwegian Development Aid

Johan Helland,Ottar Mæstad

Basis for Decisions to use Results-Based Payments in Norwegian Development Aid

Johan Helland,Ottar Mæstad

How does litigation affect health financing?

Ottar Mæstad, Octavio Ferraz, Alicia Ely Yamin, Ole Frithjof Norheim, Siri Gloppen

Economic impacts on the least developed countries of the elimination of import tariffs on their products

Arne Wiig, Rune Jansen Hagen and Ottar Mæstad

Save the Children’s work on child protection and child rights in Mozambique and South Sudan

Matthew Gichohi, Ottar Mæstad

Household wellbeing and coping strategies in Africa during COVID-19. Updated Findings from high frequency phone surveys

Peter Hangoma, Carlo Koos, Ottar Mæstad

Results-based financing in the health sector in Tanzania. Process evaluation. Phone Survey #1

Peter Binyaruka, Jo Borghi, Ottar Mæstad, Vincent Somville

Results-based financing in the health sector in Tanzania. Process evaluation. Phone Survey #2.

Peter Binyaruka, Ottar Mæstad, Vincent Somville

Direct health facility financing in Tanzania. Process evaluation. Phone Survey #3

Peter Binyaruka, Ottar Mæstad, Vincent Somville

Direct Financing of Health Facilities. Experiences from financing reforms in Tanzania.

Ottar Mæstad, Jo Borghi, Farida Hassan, Eskindir Shumbullo Loha, John Maiba, Iddy Mayumana, Vincent Somville, Sarah Tobin, Peter Binyaruka

Household wellbeing and coping strategies in Africa during COVID-19 – Findings from high frequency phone surveys

Carlo Koos, Peter Hangoma, Ottar Mæstad

Gendercide and marginalisation – An initial review of the knowledge base

Vibeke Wang, Magnus Hatlebakk, Liv Tønnessen, Ottar Mæstad, Kari Telle

Health services in Angola. Availability, quality and utilisation

Mona Frøystad, Ottar Mæstad, Nohra Villamil

Service delivery indicators: Pilot in education and health care in Africa

Tessa Bold, Jakob Svensson, Bernard Gauthier, Ottar Mæstad, Waly Wane

Haydom Lutheran Hospital - final project review

Ottar Mæstad and Aziza Mwisongo

Research for improved health worker performance. International workshop Bergen, Norway, May 2009

Ottar Mæstad

Will International Trade Reduce Poverty? A Background Note to NORAD

Arne Wiig, Line Tøndel, Espen Villanger with the contribution from Ottar Mæstad

Review of Haydom Lutheran Hospital. External Review Contracted by the Royal Norwegian Embassy, Dar es Salaam

Ottar Mæstad, Eamonn Brehony

Rewarding Safe Motherhood: How can Performance-Based Funding Reduce Maternal and Newborn Mortality in Tanzania?

Ottar Mæstad

Human Resources for Health in Tanzania: Challenges, Policy Options and Knowledge Gaps

Ottar Mæstad

Bistand eller kjøp av tjenester. Hvordan finansiere bidrag til globale fellesgoder?

Ottar Mæstad

Overworked? The relationship between workload and health worker performance in rural Tanzania

Ottar Mæstad, Gaute Torsvik and Arild Aakvik

Improving the Quality of Health Care when Health Workers are in Short Supply

Ottar Mæstad and Gaute Torsvik

Towards harmonised financing of frontline health service providers in Tanzania

Ottar Mæstad, Peter Binyaruka

Ebola outbreak 2014-2016: Effects on other health services

Ottar Mæstad, Eskindir Loha Shumbullo

Missing the essentials? Children can be saved if they are more carefully examined

Ottar Mæstad, Aziza Mwisongo

Huge potential for improved health service quality

Ottar Mæstad, Aziza Mwisongo, Siri Lange

Is worker effort higher in church-based than in government health facilities?

Ida Lindkvist, Ottar Mæstad

Strong regional inequalities in health service delivery in Angola

Ottar Mæstad, Mona Frøystad, Nohra Villamil

Grandes desigualdades regionais nos serviços de saúde em Angola

Ottar Mæstad, Mona Frøystad, Nohra Villamil

Informal pay and the quality of health care: lessons from Tanzania

Ottar Mæstad, Aziza Mwisongo

Huge potential for improved health service quality

Ottar Mæstad, Siri Lange, Aziza Mwisongo

Høringsnotat: Stortingsmelding om global helse.

Ottar Mæstad

Vi er blitt ufrivillige, passive krigsprofitører. Inntektene må deles.

Kalle Moene, Ottar Mæstad

For rike til å dele?

Ottar Mæstad

Korona i Afrika - hva nå?

Ottar Mæstad

Bergen kan bli først

Jostein Kobbeltveit, Ottar Mæstad m.fl.

Forskningsmiljøene – en viktig brikke i bistandsreformen?

Ottar Mæstad

En endring for jentene

Ingvild Fossgard Sandøy, Ottar Mæstad

Nå overlever mer enn 9 av 10 barn i Afrika

Ottar Mæstad, Halvor Sommerfeldt

Bistandsforsking til nytte

Ottar Mæstad

Åtte millioner barn dør hvert år

Ottar Mæstad

Uetisk import av helsearbeidere?

Ottar Mæstad

Naturlig at mer må brukes på koronakrisen

Ottar Mæstad

Bivirkningene av krisa kan ramme de fattige hardere enn selve pandemien

Ottar Mæstad

Hvorfor skal bistandspengene betale for vår koronavaksine?

Ottar Mæstad

Skygger over bistanden

Ottar Mæstad

Direct health financing in Tanzania (RBF and HBF-DHFF)

Ottar Mæstad, Peter John Binyaruka, Jo Borghi, Vincent Somville, Sarah Tobin, Farida Hassan, Iddy Mayumana, Eskindir Loha Shumbullo

RBF / HBF-DHFF study. Preliminary findings

Ottar Mæstad, Peter John Binyaruka, Jo Borghi, Vincent Somville, Sarah Tobin, Farida Hassan, Iddy Mayumana, Eskindir Loha Shumbullo

Humanitarian lessons from the past and the covid 19 response

Munzoul Assal, Julia Betts, Ottar Mæstad

Direct Health Financing in Tanzania. Final report.

Ottar Mæstad, Peter John Binyaruka, Jo Borghi, Vincent Somville, Farida Hassan, Sarah Ann Tobin, John Maiba, Iddy Mayumana, Eskindir Loha

Socio-economic Impacts of Covid-19 in Africa. Evidence from Phone Surveys

Ottar Mæstad,Carlo Koos,Peter Hangoma

Improved health outcomes through better performance

Ottar Mæstad

Productivity of health workers: the case of Tanzania

Ottar Mæstad, Aziza Mwisongo

Medical practice on rural Tanzania: Lack of opportunity or lack of motivation?

Ottar Mæstad

Why is health worker performance low?

Ottar Mæstad

How (not) to improve health worker performance

Siri Lange,Ottar Mæstad

Delivering quality health services for children - implementation challenges

Ottar Mæstad,Ida Lindkvist