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Prof Catherine Goodman

Professor

United Kingdom

I have over 25 years of experience in applied health systems research in low and middle income settings, including extended periods based in Kenya and Tanzania.

Affiliations

Department of Global Health and Development
Faculty of Public Health and Policy

Centres

Centre for Evaluation
Malaria Centre
Centre for Maternal Adolescent Reproductive & Child Health
Antimicrobial Resistance Centre
Global Health Economics Centre

Teaching

I teach on the MSc modules Economic Analysis for Health Policy, Health Systems, and Evaluation of Complex Interventions. I supervise six research degree students in the area of health systems and health economics, with a particular interest in topics related to private sector healthcare provision.

Research

A key focus of my research is on understanding and improving private sector healthcare provision in low and middle income countries, including provision through pharmacies and drug stores, private clinics and hospitals. I'm interested in understanding the growth of this sector, the incentives private providers face, and consequences for healthcare quality and access, and in evaluating interventions to address this. This has included evaluating quality improvement programmes for private facilities (for example through the SafeCare certification model, and through social franchising), multi-national private sector subsidy programmes for antimalarials (AMFm), and regulation of the health facility and retail sectors. Recent projects include analysis of online pharmacy markets in Kenya and India, the market structure for private sector care provision in Georgia, and the overarching governance of the private healthcare sector.

I also study strategies to improve quality of care in the public sector, including enhancing management of district hospitals through the IMPRESS project, and an evaluation of the Global Fund's Health System Strengthening initiatives.

Finally, I am interested in the potential to enhance the equity of international research partnerships and co-lead the evaluation of LSHTM's EquiPar tool.

Research Area
Health economics
Health systems
Economic evaluation
Evaluation
Private sector
Global health
Maternal health
Health policy
Complex interventions
Medicines
Disease and Health Conditions
Malaria
Country
India
Kenya
Tanzania
Georgia
Region
Sub-Saharan Africa (all income levels)
South Asia
Least developed countries: UN classification

Selected Publications

How much healthcare is wasted? A cross-sectional study of outpatient overprovision in private-for-profit and faith-based health facilities in Tanzania.
KING, JJ C; POWELL-JACKSON, T; Makungu, C; HARGREAVES, J; GOODMAN, C;
2021
Health policy and planning
Infection prevention and control compliance in Tanzanian outpatient facilities: a cross-sectional study with implications for the control of COVID-19.
POWELL-JACKSON, T; KING, JJ C; Makungu, C; Spieker, N; WOODD, S; Risha, P; GOODMAN, C;
2020
The Lancet. Global health
How to do (or not to do) … using the standardized patient method to measure clinical quality of care in LMIC health facilities.
KING, JJ C; Das, J; Kwan, A; Daniels, B; POWELL-JACKSON, T; Makungu, C; GOODMAN, C;
2019
HEALTH POLICY AND PLANNING
Investigating the nature of competition facing private healthcare facilities: the case of maternity care in Uttar Pradesh, India.
GAUTHAM, M; Bruxvoort, K; Iles, R; Subharwal, M; Gupta, S; Jain, M; GOODMAN, C;
2019
Health policy and planning
Process evaluation of a social franchising model to improve maternal health: evidence from a multi-methods study in Uttar Pradesh, India.
PENN-KEKANA, L; POWELL-JACKSON, T; HAEMMERLI, M; Dutt, V; LANGE, IL; Mahapatra, A; Sharma, G; Singh, K; Singh, S; Shukla, V; GOODMAN, C;
2018
Implementation science
How equitable is social franchising? Case studies of three maternal healthcare franchises in Uganda and India.
HAEMMERLI, M; SANTOS, A; PENN-KEKANA, L; LANGE, I; Matovu, F; BENOVA, L; WONG, KL M; GOODMAN, C;
2018
Health policy and planning
Effect of a multifaceted social franchising model on quality and coverage of maternal, newborn, and reproductive health-care services in Uttar Pradesh, India: a quasi-experimental study.
TOUGHER, S; Dutt, V; Pereira, S; Haldar, K; Shukla, V; Singh, K; Kumar, P; GOODMAN, C; POWELL-JACKSON, T;
2017
The Lancet Global health
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